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Women, drugs and the death penalty: framing Sandiford
journal contribution
posted on 2023-06-09, 04:38 authored by Jennifer Fleetwood, Lizzie SealLizzie SealThis article examines the impact and significance of women subject to capital punishment for drug offences. Women are subject to death penalty for drug offences; wherever data is available it describes low-level offenders, primarily drug mules. Sandiford’s death sentence prompts widespread discussion about her, her culpability and the appropriateness of her punishment drawing on drug war discourse, and death penalty tropes. Framing analysis reveals the powerful and persistent nature of gendered binaries. The use of capital punishment against female mules troubles the gendered binaries that underpin US led drug war discourse, and highlights the death penalty as a gendered punishment.
History
Publication status
- Published
File Version
- Accepted version
Journal
Howard Journal Of Criminal JusticeISSN
0265-5527Publisher
WileyExternal DOI
Issue
3Volume
56Page range
358-381Department affiliated with
- Sociology and Criminology Publications
Research groups affiliated with
- Centre for Gender Studies Publications
Full text available
- Yes
Peer reviewed?
- Yes