Punishing the Criminal Corpse, 1700-1840: Aggravated Forms of the Death Penalty in England
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, dissection and gibbeting, an integral part of sentences f...
| Format: | eBook |
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| Language: | English |
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Palgrave Macmillan
2017
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| Series: | Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife
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| Online Access: | Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication Open Access: DOAB, download the publication |