A History of Capital Punishment in the Australian Colonies, 1788 to 1900. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Steven Anderson.
• Authors: Anderson, Steven
• Contents: Preface Chapter 1 – Introduction: Thinking About Punishment Over Time Chapter 2 – Australia's Hanging Years Chapter 3 – The Ideal and Reality of Execution Procedure Chapter 4 – The Criminal at the Gallows Chapter 5 – The Scaffold Crowd Chapter 6 – The End of Public Executions Chapter 7 – Race and the Reprisal of Public Hangings Chapter 8 – The Push to Abolish Capital Punishment Chapter 9 – Conclusion: Death of a Spectacle.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (267 pages)
• Subjects: Criminology; Corrections; Punishment; Law; Criminal justice, Administration of; History -- Australia & New Zealand; Law -- Legal History; Law -- Reference; Social Science -- Criminology; Australasian & Pacific history; Legal history; Jurisprudence & philosophy of law; Criminal justice law; Social Science -- Penology; Penology & punishment; Islands of the Pacific--History; Law--History; Law--Philosophy
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030537678
• Related ISBNs: 9783030537661
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