Punishing the criminal corpse, 1700-1840 aggravated forms of the death penalty in England

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence. This book analyses the different types of post-execution punishments and other aggravated execution practices, the reasons why they were advocated, and the decision, enshrined in the Murder Act of 1752, to make two post-execution punishments, disse...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal:	King, Peter, 1949- author (author)
Formato:	Libro electrónico
Idioma:	Inglés
Publicado:	London : Palgrave Macmillan 2017 2017.
Colección:	Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife
Materias:	Civilization—History. Great Britain—History. Crime—Sociological aspects. History. Social history. Cultural History. History of Britain and Ireland. Crime and Society. History of Science. Social History. history of crime medical humanities capital punishment
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:	https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009425412506719

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Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. ‘Hanging Not Punishment Enough’; Attitudes to Aggravated Forms of Execution and the Making of the Murder Act 1690-1752
Chapter 3. Patterns of Post-Execution Sentencing in England and Wales 1752-1834. The Murder Act in Operation
Chapter 4. Changing Attitudes to Post-Execution Punishment 1752-1834
Chapter 5. Conclusion
Index.

Punishing the criminal corpse, 1700-1840 aggravated forms of the death penalty in England

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