Authors:
- 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
Part of the book series: Palgrave Histories of Policing, Punishment and Justice (PHPPJ)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
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.
Reviews
“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)
Authors and Affiliations
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The Department of History, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
Steven Anderson
About the author
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: A History of Capital Punishment in the Australian Colonies, 1788 to 1900
Authors: Steven Anderson
Series Title: Palgrave Histories of Policing, Punishment and Justice
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53767-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-53766-1Published: 03 September 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-53769-2Published: 03 September 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-53767-8Published: 02 September 2020
Series ISSN: 2946-6075
Series E-ISSN: 2946-6083
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 267
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations
Topics: Prison and Punishment, Australasian History, Legal History, Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History, Criminal Justice