Capital Punishment and the Criminal Corpse in Scotland, 1740–1834
- Submitting institution
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The University of Warwick
- Unit of assessment
- 28 - History
- Output identifier
- 12144
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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10.1007/978-3-319-62018-3
- Publisher
- Palgrave
- ISBN
- 9783319620176
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- January
- Year of publication
- 2018
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- This book provides the most in-depth study of Scotland’s capital punishment history to date. It employs research undertaken over five years into previously untapped archival material from (for instance) the Scottish National Archives, Home Office and the British Library. The exploration of post-mortem punishment is particularly important in revealing public attitudes toward the criminal body. The book draws on systematic analysis of every capital conviction and public execution in Scotland (1740-1834), to situate the legal and social responses to crime and punishment in Scotland within the broader field of historical enquiry and challenging the Anglo-centric British narrative.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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