A book review of: Westervelt S.D. and Cook K.J. "Life After Death Row: Exonerees' Search for Community and Identity". New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. 2012

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Abstract

This material is a translation of the F.R. Baumgartner’s review of the book "Life After Death Row: Exonerees' Search for Community and Identity" by S. D. Westervelt and K. J. Cook originally published in the journal Sociation Today. The review gives a short narration of the book’s content, which is partly an analysis of the social and psychological aspects of lives of the so-called ‘exoneers’ – people who were mistakenly condemned to death and later released after the mistake became apparent, and partly a description and evaluation of the government’s policies concerning this group of people. Translator: Vinogradova K.N. Original in: Sociation Today. 2013. 11(1). Available online: http://www.ncsociology.org/sociationtoday/v111/review1.html

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Journal rubric: Critique and Bibliography

Article type: scientific article

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For citation: Baumgartner, F. (2015). A book review of: Westervelt S.D. and Cook K.J. "Life After Death Row: Exonerees' Search for Community and Identity". New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. 2012. Social Psychology and Society, 6(1), 151–155. (In Russ.). URL: https://psyjournals.ru/en/journals/sps/archive/2015_n1/74960 (viewed: 23.06.2025)

© Baumgartner F., 2015

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

References

  1. Westervelt S.D., Cook K.J. Life After Death Row: Exonerees' Search for Community and Identity. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. 2012. 280 p

Information About the Authors

Frank Baumgartner, PhD in Political Science, Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA, e-mail: Frankb@unc.edu

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