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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Peter King
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Palgrave Macmillan 2021
Subjects:	K5000-5582 history of crime medical humanities capital punishment bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JK Social services & welfare, criminology::JKV Crime & criminology::JKVG Drugs trade / drug trafficking
Online Access:	24597
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!