Study examines viewers' role in American death penalty films
Monday, August 4, 2014 - 11:30
in Psychology & Sociology
Over the course of the last 100 years or more, many scenes of execution in American film have offered intimate knowledge of executions, giving viewers a privileged 'backstage' gaze of an execution not available outside film, the chance to see what executioners see, and a chance to understand the condemned's experience as he awaits death.