A global history of execution and the criminal corpse / edited by Richard Ward, University of Sheffield, UK

"Across many different times and places the criminal corpse has been harnessed for the ends of state power, medical science, criminal justice, and political subversion, amongst other things. This collection of essays for the first time examines execution practice and the punishment of the crimi...

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Other Authors:Ward, Richard M. (Editor)
Spierenburg, Pieter (Writer of preface)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published:Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015
Series:Palgrave historical studies in the criminal corpse and its afterlife
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis