Harnessing the Power of the Criminal Corpse

Harnessing the Power of the Criminal Corpse

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This open access book is the culmination of many years of research on what happened to the bodies of executed criminals in the past. Focusing on the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, it looks at the consequences of the 1752 Murder Act. These criminal bodies had a crucial role in the history of me...

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Main Author: Tarlow, Sarah (auth)
Other Authors: Battell Lowman, Emma (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer Nature 2018
Series:Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife
Subjects:
British & Irish history
Social & cultural history
Sociology
Crime & criminology
History of science
History
Great Britain-History
Crime-Sociological aspects
Historical sociology
Social history
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