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

Peter King2025-12-092025-12-092017978-1-137-51361-8https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-51361-8https://link.springer.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=978-1-137-51361-8http://bibliovirtual.umar.mx:4000/handle/123456789/1379Libro electrónico.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.en-USPunishing the Criminal Corpse, 1700-1840 Aggravated Forms of the Death Penalty in EnglandBook