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More NCJRS Abstracts, January 29, 2007

By Michael Connelly

AMONG THE LATEST RESEARCH POSTED AT http://www.ncjrs.gov/. CHECK FOR OTHER ARTICLES OF INTEREST THERE AS WELL.NCJ 221130Scott Vollum; Dennis R. LongmireCovictims of Capital Murder: Statements of Victims' Family Members and Friends Made at the Time of ExecutionViolence and Victims Volume:22 Issue:5 Dated:2007 Pages:601 to 619This study attempts to examine whether the needs of healing, closure, and psychological adjustment are met with the sentencing of an offender to death, and it attempts to shed light on the experiences and perspectives of covictims regarding the death penalty process and the execution of the individual responsible for their loss. The grief of covictims in the aftermath of murder is especially acute given the extraordinary traumatic nature of the loss...continue to full post

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