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Summary
- Abstract:
- This collection consists of Professor Jonathan Sorensen's audio and paper materials documenting the 1973 re-establishment of the death penalty in Texas.
- Extent:
- 0.38 cubic ft.
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Identification of specific item, series, box, folder, Jonathan Sorensen Papers, 1973-2004. M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University at Albany, State University of New York (hereafter referred to as the Sorensen Papers).
Background
- Scope and Content:
This collection contains materials related to Jonathan Sorensen's interest in Texas capital punishment history. It features audio cassette tapes of hearings from the Texas House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence for HB 200, 63rd Legislature, which re-enacted the death penalty in Texas in 1973. The collection also consists of paper legislative materials related to the 1973 bill, clippings, notes and background research.
- Biographical / Historical:
Jonathan Sorensen, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice, College of Human Ecology, at East Carolina University and previously served as a professor in the Department of Justice Studies at Prairie View A&M University. He is the author of numerous books and articles on capital punishment, criminal justice education, and corrections, several focusing on the death penalty in Texas. This includes Lethal Injection: Capital Punishment in Texas during the Modern Era (2006), The Rope, The Chair, and the Needle: Capital Punishment in Texas, 1923-1990 (1998), co-authored with James W. Marquart, Sheldon Ekland-Olson, and "Life and death in the lone star state: Three decades of violence predictions by capital juries," which appeared in Behavioral Science & the Law (January/February 2011).
- Acquisition information:
- Jonathan Sorenesen donated his papers to the M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections Archives in 2007 .
- Processing information:
Processed in 2015 by Jodi Boyle.
- Arrangement:
The collection is organized chronologically. There are no series.
- Physical location:
- The materials are located onsite in the department.
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- PREFERRED CITATION:
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Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Identification of specific item, series, box, folder, Jonathan Sorensen Papers, 1973-2004. M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University at Albany, State University of New York (hereafter referred to as the Sorensen Papers).