2015/09/28 by Richard Ward · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · Psychology · #Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics #Colonialism, slavery, and trade #Vietnamese History and Culture Studies #License #Criminal history #Meaning (existential) #Capital punishment #Capital (architecture) #Punishment (psychology) #Function (biology) #Point (geometry) #Criminology #History #Sociology #Law #Political science #Epistemology #Psychology #Philosophy #Social psychology #Archaeology
paper · doi:10.1057/9781137577931
openalex publication_date 2015/09/28 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02
Capital punishment is an historical universal — it has been practiced at some point in the history of virtually all known societies and places. That is not to say, however, that it is an historical constant — the use, form, function and meaning of execution has varied greatly across different historical contexts. This is likewise true for an important — although relatively neglected — aspect of capital punishment: the fate of the criminal body after execution. This chapter is an introduction to the volume. This is a chapter from A Global History of Execution and the Criminal Corpse edited by Richard Ward. This chapter is available open access under a CC BY license.