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William Corder and the Red Barn Murder Journeys of the Criminal Body

William Corder and the Red Barn Murder Journeys of the Criminal Body

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This study reassesses the criminal body from sentencing to execution and afterlife, using the nineteenth-century Red Barn murder as a case study. Positioned within the burgeoning field of medical humanities, it places culture and power at the centre of debates surrounding criminal justice and public punishment.

Keywords

Social ScienceCriminologyRegional StudiesHistoryEuropeGreat BritainSociologyMarriage & FamilyAnthropologyCultural & Social

2014Book

Author(s)Shane McCorristine

PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK

ISBN9781137439383

LanguageEnglish

SpringerLink Book

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