History of capital punishment in the Australian colonies, 1788 to 1900 / Steven Anderson.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of capital punishment in the Australian colonies for the very first time. The author illuminates all aspects of the penalty, from shortcomings in execution technique, to the behaviour of the dying criminal, and the antics of the scaffold crowd. Mercy rates...

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Main Author: Anderson, Steven
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]
Series:Palgrave histories of policing, punishment and justice.
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