Post by francy on Nov 19, 2006 16:57:03 GMT -5
Hello,
My name is Francesca and I am from Italy (but am currently living in the Bay Area). I do not have a loved one on Death Row but I equally care about their experiences and hardships as well as those of their families.
I am a psychology student and am writing my final thesis project on comparing and contrasting the emotional and psychological states of death-row inmates to those of terminally-ill patients. In the past few months I tried and read every book or article I could find on the topic. However, with great disappointment, I realized how scarse literature is on emotional states of death-row prisoners in general. I am neither referring to the legal aspects of capital punishment, nor to the every day routine behind bars. I would first like to investigate the initial impact of the verdict on both the prisoners and their families. Secondly, I would like to learn how the isolation, the endless appeals process, and being on death row for years affects the DR prisoner’s mental health as well as that of their families.
My idea is that terminally ill patients and death row inmates are similar in many ways. For example, both groups are aware of an impending death and this affects their relationships as well as their emotional states. There are also great dissimilarities between the two groups. For example, DR prisoners and their families do not receive the same support that is available for terminally ill patients and, generally, people are less sympathetic toward the first group.
I would like to interview some DR inmates (yet legally, that may be wishful thinking) and people who have someone they love on Death Row (could be a relative, as well as a friend). The specific acts that the inmates either did or did not commit do not interest me. Rather, I am seeking to merely understand your, as DR inmates’ families, emotional states, and how they have changed throughout the various stages of your loved one’s/family member’s incarceration.
Basically, I would like to investigate how families reacted to the sentence of death; what support was then available and what is currently offered. Also, if the lives of the families have changed (for example, if they have withdrawn from the people or things that you were once close to).
I will not ask any personal information, unless someone would voluntarily like to share it. I would also not disclose any personal information from my findings in my discertation. The interview process would be no more than 4 or 5 questions, all done via email.
I am extremely committed to this project. I not only intend to perform this research for my thesis, but I also hope to discover enough unique and interesting findings that could be turned into a book, which I hope could make more people aware of the dramatic effects of this form of capital punishment .
I would really appreciate any help, whether you are willing to be interviewed, or if you have any suggestions about books or web-sites that could be helpful to me.
Feel free to contact me for any questions you might like to ask.
Thanks,
Francesca
My name is Francesca and I am from Italy (but am currently living in the Bay Area). I do not have a loved one on Death Row but I equally care about their experiences and hardships as well as those of their families.
I am a psychology student and am writing my final thesis project on comparing and contrasting the emotional and psychological states of death-row inmates to those of terminally-ill patients. In the past few months I tried and read every book or article I could find on the topic. However, with great disappointment, I realized how scarse literature is on emotional states of death-row prisoners in general. I am neither referring to the legal aspects of capital punishment, nor to the every day routine behind bars. I would first like to investigate the initial impact of the verdict on both the prisoners and their families. Secondly, I would like to learn how the isolation, the endless appeals process, and being on death row for years affects the DR prisoner’s mental health as well as that of their families.
My idea is that terminally ill patients and death row inmates are similar in many ways. For example, both groups are aware of an impending death and this affects their relationships as well as their emotional states. There are also great dissimilarities between the two groups. For example, DR prisoners and their families do not receive the same support that is available for terminally ill patients and, generally, people are less sympathetic toward the first group.
I would like to interview some DR inmates (yet legally, that may be wishful thinking) and people who have someone they love on Death Row (could be a relative, as well as a friend). The specific acts that the inmates either did or did not commit do not interest me. Rather, I am seeking to merely understand your, as DR inmates’ families, emotional states, and how they have changed throughout the various stages of your loved one’s/family member’s incarceration.
Basically, I would like to investigate how families reacted to the sentence of death; what support was then available and what is currently offered. Also, if the lives of the families have changed (for example, if they have withdrawn from the people or things that you were once close to).
I will not ask any personal information, unless someone would voluntarily like to share it. I would also not disclose any personal information from my findings in my discertation. The interview process would be no more than 4 or 5 questions, all done via email.
I am extremely committed to this project. I not only intend to perform this research for my thesis, but I also hope to discover enough unique and interesting findings that could be turned into a book, which I hope could make more people aware of the dramatic effects of this form of capital punishment .
I would really appreciate any help, whether you are willing to be interviewed, or if you have any suggestions about books or web-sites that could be helpful to me.
Feel free to contact me for any questions you might like to ask.
Thanks,
Francesca