Harnessing the Power of the Criminal Corpse

Emma Battell Lowman, Sarah Tarlow

Springer International Publishing AG, 2018

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Starting with a consideration of the criminal corpse in the medieval and early modern periods, chapters go on to review the histories of criminal justice, of medical history and of gibbeting under the Murder Act, and ends with some discussion of the afterlives of the corpse, in literature, folklore and in contemporary medical ethics.

ISBN-13
9783319779072
ISBN-10
3319779079
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Year
2018
Publication date
2018-06-05
Pages
273
Dimensions
210x148x