A Global History of Execution and the Criminal Corpse
Ward, Richard
A Global History of Execution and the Criminal Corpse - Basingstoke Springer Nature 2015 - 1 online resource (313 p.) - Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife .
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Through studies of beheaded Irish traitors, smugglers hung in chains on the English coast, suicides subjected to the surgeon's knife in Dresden and the burial of executed Nazi war criminals, this volume provides a fresh perspective on the history of capital punishment. This book has two open access chapters under a CC BY license.
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English
9781137443991 9781137444011
10.1057/9781137444011 doi
Criminal law & procedure
Criminal or forensic psychology
General & world history
International criminal law
Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900
Social & cultural history
capital punishment execution history smugglers suicides traitors war criminals
A Global History of Execution and the Criminal Corpse - Basingstoke Springer Nature 2015 - 1 online resource (313 p.) - Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife .
Free-to-read
Through studies of beheaded Irish traitors, smugglers hung in chains on the English coast, suicides subjected to the surgeon's knife in Dresden and the burial of executed Nazi war criminals, this volume provides a fresh perspective on the history of capital punishment. This book has two open access chapters under a CC BY license.
All rights reserved
English
9781137443991 9781137444011
10.1057/9781137444011 doi
Criminal law & procedure
Criminal or forensic psychology
General & world history
International criminal law
Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900
Social & cultural history
capital punishment execution history smugglers suicides traitors war criminals