Part I. Theoretical and Empirical Frameworks -- 1. Theoretical Frameworks -- 2. Empirical Frameworks -- Part II. Historical Context -- 3. The First Historical Trend, 1630s-1750s -- 4. The Second Historical Trend, 1760s-1890s -- 5. The Third Historical Trend, 1900s-2010s -- Part III. Wrongful Convictions, Judicial Commutations, Executive Clemency and Women on Death Row Today -- 6. Wrongful Convictions in Potentially Capital Cases -- 7. Judicial Reversals of Capital Convictions -- 8. Executive Clemency of Condemned Women -- 9. The Female Death Row Population -- Conclusion -- The First Historical Trend -- The Second Historical Trend -- The Third Historical Trend
Summary
"This historical analysis examines the social, political and economic contexts in which the justice system has put women to death, revealing a pattern of patriarchal domination and female subordination. Includes a discussion of condemned women granted executive clemency and judicial commutations, an inquiry into women falsely convicted in capital cases and profile of female death row population"-- Provided by publisher
