Criminal Corpse and Execution Historical Perspectives

The criminal corpse has been – and, in some contexts, continues to be – a significant site of state power, criminal justice, scientific anatomy and popular medicine. As the chapters in this volume show, various factors were at work in the practice of execution and the treatment of the executed body in the past, assuming different forms at different times and place. This book will be useful information guide for students and practitioners of criminology and law.