Wretched Sisters

Mary Welek Atwell holds a PhD in history from Saint Louis University. She is Professor Emerita of Criminal Justice at Radford University. She is the author of Equal Protection of the Law: Gender and Justice in the United States (2002) and Evolving Standards of Decency: Popular Culture and Capital Punishment (2004).

• Contents: Why So Few and Why These Few? Gender and Criminology – A Capriciously Selected Random Handful – Setting Precedent – She Didn’t Look Like a Killer – Domestic Offenses – The Oklahoma Three – Aggravating Circumstances: Killing Children and Cops – The «Monster» – Perilously Close to Simple Murder – Not The «Triggerman» – #500 and #510 – Lessons from Wretched Sisters.