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Capital Punishment and the Criminal Corpse in Scotland, 1740–1834

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This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book provides the most in-depth study of capital punishment in Scotland between the mid-eighteenth and early nineteenth century to date. Based upon an extensive gathering and analysis of previously untapped resources, it takes the reader on a...

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Hoofdauteur: Bennett, Rachel E. (Auteur)
Coauteur: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formaat: Elektronisch E-boek
Taal:Engels
Gepubliceerd in: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
Reeks:Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife
Onderwerpen:
History.
Great Britain > History.
Civilization > History.
Social history.
Crime > Sociological aspects.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Social History.
Crime and Society.
Cultural History.
History of Science.
Online toegang:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62018-3
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Inhoudsopgave:
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  •  Part I: The Implementation of the Death Sentence in Scotland
  • Chapter 2: Capital Punishment and the Scottish Criminal Justice System
  • Chapter 3: Contextualising the Punishment of Death
  • Chapter 4: Scottish Women and the Hangman’s Noose
  • Part II: The Theatre of the Gallows in Scotland
  • Chapter 5: The Spectacle of the Scaffold
  •  Chapter 6: A Fate Worse than Death? Dissection and the Criminal Corpse
  • Chapter 7: Hanging in Chains: The Criminal Corpse on Display
  •  Chapter 8: Conclusion
  • Index. .

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