Punishing the Criminal Corpse, 1700-1840 Aggravated Forms of the Death Penalty in England

Abstract

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.