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Summary

Abstract:
This collection contains the papers of Michael Radelet.
Extent:
6 cubic ft.
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Identification of specific item, series, box, folder, Michael Radelet Papers, 1984-2006. M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University at Albany, State University of New York (hereafter referred to as the Radelet Papers).

Background

Scope and Content:

The collection contains research materials on capital punishment cases analyzed for inclusion in articles or book chapters, including Executions of Whites for Crimes Against Blacks (1989), Executive Clemency in Post-Furman Cases (1993), and On Botched Executions (with co-author Marian J. Borg) which appeared in Capital Punishment, Strategies for Abolition. The collection also features copies of the scholarly works and correspondence related to their publication.

Biographical / Historical:

Michael Radelet is a professor of Sociology at the University of Colorado at Boulder and a long-time scholar of capital punishment, criminology, deviance and the sociology of law, and medical sociology.

Acquisition information:
All items in this collection were transferred to the University Libraries, M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives by Michael Radelet in 2013, 2015, and 2017.
Processing information:

Processed in 2016 by unprocessed.

Arrangement:

The collection is unprocessed and is likely disorganized. Individual items may be difficult to find.

Physical location:
The materials are located onsite in the department.

Subjects

Subjects:
Death Penalty
Capital punishment

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PREFERRED CITATION:

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Identification of specific item, series, box, folder, Michael Radelet Papers, 1984-2006. M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University at Albany, State University of New York (hereafter referred to as the Radelet Papers).

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