Grief, Loss, and Treatment for Death Row Families

Forgotten No More

By (author) Sandra Joy

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Publication date:

05 December 2013

Length of book:

318 pages

Publisher

Lexington Books

ISBN-13: 9780739189245


Grief, Loss, and Treatment for Death Row Families describes the grief that families experience from the time of their loved one’s arrest through his or her execution. In each chapter, Sandra Joy guides the reader through the grief process experienced by the families, offering clinical interventions that can be used by mental health professionals who are given the opportunity to work with these families at various stages of their grief. The author conducted over seventy qualitative interviews with family members from Delaware who either currently have a loved one on death row or have survived the execution of their loved one. Delaware was chosen because though it has a relatively small death row, it is ranked third in the nation with its rate of per capita executions. This book provides an in-depth awareness of the grieving process of death row families, as well as ways that professionals can intervene to assist them in healing. With increased awareness and effective clinical treatment, we can ensure that the families of death row inmates are forgotten no more.
In an incredibly sensitive book, Grief, Loss, and Treatment for Death Row Families: Forgotten No More, Sandra Joy explores the disenfranchised grief of a most forgotten population—families of death row inmates. Clinicians will find this a very special work of value not only to those who work with or wish to understand the struggles of these individuals but also for an extraordinary application of the role of the grief therapist in the most difficult circumstances. It is a must-read!