Sexual Violence in History: A Bibliography

compiled by Stefan Blaschke

Introduction

+ Aims & Scope

+ Structure

+ History


Announcements

+ Updates

+ Calls for Papers

+ New Lectures

+ New Publications


Alphabetical Index

+ Author Index

+ Speaker Index


Chronological Index

+ Ancient History

+ Medieval History

+ Modern History


Geographical Index

+ African History

+ American History

+ Asian History

+ European History

+ Oceanian History


Topical Index

+ Prosecution

+ Cases

+ Types

+ Offenders

+ Victims

+ Society

+ Research

+ Representations


Resources

+ Institutions

+ Literature Search

+ Research

Start: Topical Index: Prosecution: Trials: Sentences: Death Penalty:

Prosecution: Trials:
DEATH PENALTY IN THE 20TH CENTURY

[Site] A f r i c a n   H i s t o r y

[Site] Namibian History

[Info] Kalbing, Nikki. »A Matter of Life and Death: Criminal Law and the Death Penalty in South West Africa (SWA) under South African Rule, 1915-1939.« South African Historical Journal 66 (2014): 249-269.


[Site] South African History

[Info] Fortuin, Bernard N. Interracial Rape and the Appropriation of the 'White Mask': A psychoanalytical reading of Lewis Nkosi's Mating Birds. M.A. Thesis, University of Stellenbosch, 2009.


[Site] A m e r i c a n   H i s t o r y

[Site] Canadian History

[Info] Strange, Carolyn. »Gender, Sex Murder, and the Death Penalty: Historical Insights and Contemporary Reverberations.« Inspiring Women of ANU. Canberra 2018.

[Info] Strange, Carolyn. »The Politics of Capital Sex Murder Cases, 1957-1967: Drawing Historical Insights from Cabinet Conclusions.« 98th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Historical Association. Vancouver 2019.


[Site] U.S. History

[Info] Brophy, Alfred L. »Hollins v. State of Oklahoma (1935).« Encyclopedia of Oklahoma history & culture. Edited by Dianna Everett. Oklahoma City 2007.

[Info] Coenen, Dan T., et al. »Coker v. Georgia (1977).« New Georgia Encyclopedia. Edited by John C. Inscoe. Atlanta 2006.

[Info] Cummins, Roger W. »"Lily-white" juries on trial. The civil rights defense of Jess Hollins.« Chronicles of Oklahoma 63 (1985): 166-185.

[Info] Foerster, Barrett J. Race, Rape, and Injustice: Documenting and Challenging Death Penalty Cases in the Civil Rights Era. Knoxville 2012.

[Info] Foster, Burk. »Struck by Lightning: Louisiana's Electrocutions for Rape in the Forties and Fifties.« Death Watch: A Death Penalty Anthology. Edited by Lane Nelson et al. Upper Saddle River 2011: 36-47.

[Info] Hamm, Theodore. Rebel and a Cause: Caryl Chessman and the Politics of the Death Penalty in Postwar California, 1948-1974. Berkeley 2001.

[Info] Heard, Alex. The Eyes of Willie McGee: A Tragedy of Race, Sex, and Secrets in the Jim Crow South. New York 2010.

[Info] Jacquet, Catherine O. »The Giles-Johnson Case and the Changing Politics of Sexual Violence in the 1960s United States.« Journal of Women's History 25 (2013): 188-211.

[Info] Kotch, Seth. Lethal State: A History of the Death Penalty in North Carolina. Chapel Hill 2019.

[Info] Lampkin, Brian. The Tarboro Three: Rape Race and Secrecy in a Small Town. Master's Thesis, East Carolina University, 2011.

[Info] Malik, Sheherezade C., et al. »A Survey of the History of the Death Penalty in the United States.« University of Richmond Law Review 49 (2015): 693-710.

[Info] Martschukat, Jürgen. »"Little short of judicial murder". Todesstrafe und Afro-Amerikaner, 1930-1972.« Geschichte und Gesellschaft 30 (2004): 490-526.

[Info] Miller, Brooke. »Chessman, Caryl (1921-1960).« Crimes of the Centuries: Notorious Crimes, Criminals, and Criminal Trials in American History. Vol. 1. Edited by Steven Chermak et al. Santa Barbara 2016: 158-160.

[Info] Mocan, H. Naci, et al. Pardons, Executions and Homicide. Cambridge 2001.

[Info] Partington, Donald H. »The incidence of the death penalty for rape in Virginia.« Washington and Lee law review 22 (1965): 43-75.

[Info] Renzetti, Claire M. »Scottsboro Boys.« Encyclopedia of interpersonal violence. Vol. 2. Edited by Claire M. Renzetti. Thousand Oaks 2008: 630-631.

[Info] Ribitsch, Daniela. »Carpenter, David (1930- ).« Crimes of the Centuries: Notorious Crimes, Criminals, and Criminal Trials in American History. Vol. 1. Edited by Steven Chermak et al. Santa Barbara 2016: 137-139.

[Info] Schneider, Victoria, et al. »War and Capital Punishment.« Journal of Criminal Justice 18 (1990): 253-260.

[Info] Strauss, Frances. "Where did the justice go?": An account of the Giles-Johnson case, a travesty and a triumph of justice by a member of the Giles-Johnson Defense Committee. Boston 1970.

[Info] Vandiver, Margaret. »More Than a Reasonable Doubt: The Trial and Execution of Frank Ewing.« Wrongly Convicted: Perspectives on Failed Justice. Edited by Saundra D. Westervelt et al. New Brunswick 2001: 135-153.

[Info] Wickerd, Garry D. »Chessman, Caryl (1921-1960).« Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties. Vol. 1. Edited by Paul Finkelman. London 2006: 277-278.

[Info] Witham Jr., William L. »Soldiers, Crowds, Tear Gas and A Death Sentence.« Delaware Lawyer 34 (2016): 22-25.

[Info] Wolfgang, Marvin E. »Racial discrimination in the death sentence for rape.« Executions in America. Edited by William J. Bowers et al. Lexington 1974: 109-120.


[Site] O c e a n i a n   H i s t o r y

[Site] Australian History

[Info] Barber, R.N., et al. »Deterrent Aspect of Capital Punishment and its Effect on Conviction Rates: The Queensland Experience.« Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology 1 (1968): 100-108.