The Crutch of Ritual: Social Control in the Modern American Capital Punishment System Page: III
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CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................... 1
CHAPTER 2. REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE .................................................................................. 5
Defining Ritual and Myth ................................................................................................ 5
Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Myth and Ritual...................... 5
Ritual in the Contemporary Criminal Justice System and Its Social Control Purpose ........ 9
Ritual and Capital Punishm ent....................................................................................... 16
CHAPTER 3. M ETHODOLOGY .................................................................................................... 21
Theoretical Fram eworks: Herm eneutic Phenom enology.............................................. 21
Theoretical Fram eworks: Structural Functionalism ....................................................... 23
The Compatibility between Functionalism and Phenomenology....................25
Data Source and Plan of Analysis.................................................................................. 27
CHAPTER 4. FINDINGS ...................................................................................................................30
Pre-Trial .............................................................................................................................30
The Courtroom.................................................................................................................. 32
The Prison ......................................................................................................................... 37
Deathwatch ....................................................................................................................... 43
The Last M eal ....................................................................................................................48
Preparation for Death .................................................................................................... 52
The Death Chamber .......................................................................................................54
The Public Sphere ............................................................................................................. 58
CHAPTER 5. CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................62
REFERENCES...................................................................................................................................65III
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Pellegrino, Alexandra Clarke. The Crutch of Ritual: Social Control in the Modern American Capital Punishment System, thesis, August 2019; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1538795/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .