04339nam 22006975 450 991041832780332120211210180440.03-030-53767-610.1007/978-3-030-53767-8(CKB)4100000011413782(MiAaPQ)EBC6335315(DE-He213)978-3-030-53767-8(EXLCZ)99410000001141378220200902d2020 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierA History of Capital Punishment in the Australian Colonies, 1788 to 1900[electronic resource] /by Steven Anderson1st ed. 2020.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2020.1 online resource (279 pages) illustrationsPalgrave Histories of Policing, Punishment and Justice3-030-53766-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Introduction: Thinking About Punishment Over Time -- 2 – Australia’s Hanging Years -- 3 – The Ideal and Reality of Execution Procedure -- 4 – The Criminal at the Gallows -- 5. The Scaffold Crowd -- 6. The End of Public Executions -- 7 – Race and the Reprisal of Public Hangings -- 8 – The Push to Abolish Capital Punishment -- 9 – Conclusion: Death of a Spectacle.This book provides a comprehensive overview of capital punishment in the Australian colonies for the very first time. The author illuminates all aspects of the penalty, from shortcomings in execution technique, to the behaviour of the dying criminal, and the antics of the scaffold crowd. Mercy rates, execution numbers, and capital crimes are explored alongside the transition from public to private executions and the push to abolish the death penalty completely. Notions of culture and communication freely pollinate within a conceptual framework of penal change that explains the many transformations the death penalty underwent. A vast array of sources are assembled into one compelling argument that shows how the ‘lesson’ of the gallows was to be safeguarded, refined, and improved at all costs. This concise and engaging work will be a lasting resource for students, scholars, and general readers who want an in-depth understanding of a long feared punishment. Dr. Steven Anderson is a Visiting Research Fellow in the History Department at The University of Adelaide, Australia. His academic research explores the role of capital punishment in the Australian colonies by situating developments in these jurisdictions within global contexts and conceptual debates.Palgrave Histories of Policing, Punishment and JusticeCorrectionsPunishmentLawHistoryLawPhilosophyLawCriminal justice, Administration ofPrison and Punishmenthttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/1B9000Australasian Historyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/716000Legal Historyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/726000Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal Historyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/R11011Criminal Justicehttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/1BB010Islands of the PacificHistoryCorrections.Punishment.LawHistory.LawPhilosophy.Law.Criminal justice, Administration of.Prison and Punishment.Australasian History.Legal History.Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.Criminal Justice.364.660994Anderson Stevenauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut92503MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910418327803321A History of Capital Punishment in the Australian Colonies, 1788 to 19002134045UNINA