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Punishing the Criminal Corpse, 1700-1840
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Punishing the Criminal Corpse, 1700-1840



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 for murder.
Undertittel
Aggravated Forms of the Death Penalty in England
Forfatter
Peter King
Opplag
1st ed. 2017
ISBN
9781137513601
Språk
Engelsk
Vekt
446 gram
Utgivelsesdato
16.12.2015
Antall sider
212