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A History of Capital Punishment in the Australian Colonies, 1788 to 1900
Palgrave Histories of Policing, Punishment and Justice
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| Verlag: | Palgrave Macmillan |
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| Veröffentl.: | 02.09.2020 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9783030537678 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
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<div>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.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Dr. Steven Anderson</b> 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.</div><div> </div><div><br></div><div> </div>
<div><div>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.</div></div>
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<div><br></div><div> </div>
<div>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.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Dr. Steven Anderson</b> 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.</div>
Examines how the spectacle of executions changed over time in the Australian colonies Presents the most comprehensive book on capital punishment in Australia Examines how Indigenous and non-Indigenous experiences of the death penalty differed Contributes to the transnational search for a 'General Theory of Punishment’ by presenting a unique conceptual framework
“In this compelling account Steven Anderson explores the theatrics of execution in the Australian colonies. From often shocking, improvised spectacles of terror, to carefully orchestrated and secluded events, he takes the reader on a tour of Australia’s encounters with the gallows. His insightful analysis of the hanged and those that watched them get ‘turned off’ reveals much about the state, power, race and gender in colonial Australia and the wider trans-imperial world.” (Hamish Maxwell-Stewart, Professor of Social History, University of Tasmania)<p>“Steven Anderson has made a valuable contribution to the rapidly expanding scholarship on the death penalty. His book examines in detail the nineteenthcentury Australian experience with capital punishment, comparing and contrasting it with what was happening in Britain. This work, theoretically sophisticated and deeply researched, makes a powerful case for the role of contingency in reshaping both ideas about and the practice of execution.” (Randall McGowen, Professor (emeritus), University of Oregon)</p>
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