NEW RESOURCES: ​“Living With the Death Penalty”

“Living With the Death Penalty” is a new book that exam­ines the impact of exe­cu­tions on cor­rec­tion­al offi­cers, offend­ers, chap­lains, attor­neys, and vic­tims’ fam­i­ly mem­bers. In this book, author Courtney Vaughn, a rape vic­tim and an Educational Leadership and Policy Studies pro­fes­sor at the University of Oklahoma, offers first-per­son accounts of what it is like to expe­ri­ence the death penal­ty from a vari­ety of per­spec­tives. She explores the sac­ri­fice, alien­ation, and resilien­cy that are com­mon traits among the var­i­ous groups impact­ed by exe­cu­tions, and uses their sto­ries to pro­vide read­ers with a bet­ter under­stand­ing of the ​“cir­cle of vio­lence” asso­ci­at­ed with the death penal­ty. (Published by Courtney Vaughn, 2006) See Books and New Voices.