Punishing the Criminal Corpse, 1700-1840 Aggravated Forms of the Death Penalty in England

Punishing the Criminal Corpse, 1700-1840 Aggravated Forms of the Death Penalty in England / by Peter King.

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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Main Author: King, Peter (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Series:Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife
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Subjects:
Civilization—History.
Great Britain—History.
Crime—Sociological aspects.
History.
Social history.
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