Ward, R. (2015) Introduction: A Global History of Execution and the Criminal Corpse. In: Ward, R.M., (ed.) A Global History of Execution and the Criminal Corpse. Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife . Palgrave Macmillan , Basingstoke , pp. 1-36. ISBN 9781137577931
Abstract
Capital punishment is an historical universal — it has been practiced at some point in the history of virtually all known societies and places. That is not to say, however, that it is an historical constant — the use, form, function and meaning of execution has varied greatly across different historical contexts. This is likewise true for an important — although relatively neglected — aspect of capital punishment: the fate of the criminal body after execution. This chapter is an introduction to the volume. This is a chapter from A Global History of Execution and the Criminal Corpse edited by Richard Ward. This chapter is available open access under a CC BY license.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2015 Richard Ward. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > Department of History (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 10 Mar 2016 16:02 |
Last Modified: | 06 Jan 2020 16:43 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan |
Series Name: | Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife |
Identification Number: | 10.1057/9781137577931 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:95831 |