Punishing the Criminal Corpse, 1700-1840: Aggravated Forms of the Death Penalty in England - Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife - Peter King - Books - Palgrave Macmillan - 9781137513601 - December 16, 2015
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Punishing the Criminal Corpse, 1700-1840: Aggravated Forms of the Death Penalty in England - Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife 1st ed. 2017 edition

Peter King

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Punishing the Criminal Corpse, 1700-1840: Aggravated Forms of the Death Penalty in England - Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife 1st ed. 2017 edition

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.


144 pages, biography

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released December 16, 2015
ISBN13 9781137513601
Publishers Palgrave Macmillan
Pages 212
Dimensions 218 × 333 × 19 mm   ·   400 g

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