The End of Public Executions
When the Australian colonies decided to abolish public executions they became the trendsetter for reform within the context of the British Empire. The Act passed New South Wales Parliament in 1853, anticipating other colonies like New Zealand (1858), Cana
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A History of Capital Punishment in the Australian Colonies, 1788 to 1900
Steven Anderson
Palgrave Histories of Policing, Punishment and Justice
Series Editor David G. Barrie University of Western Australia Crawley, Australia
Since the 1960s, studies of police, punishment and the courts have been an integral and popular part of historical scholarship, and have followed in the historical trajectory of a more expansive criminal justice apparatus around the world. This international book series aims to examine and debate some of the most pressing issues and problems in the field, and to stimulate new directions in research. It will showcase the work of both emerging and leading scholars of the social, cultural and institutional histories of police, punishment and the judicial sphere, and welcomes work grounded in various disciplines including criminology, sociology, history, law, legal history and political science.
More information about this series at http://www.palgrave.com/gp/series/15080
Steven Anderson
A History of Capital Punishment in the Australian Colonies, 1788 to 1900
Steven Anderson The Department of History The University of Adelaide Adelaide, SA, Australia
Palgrave Histories of Policing, Punishment and Justice ISBN 978-3-030-53766-1 ISBN 978-3-030-53767-8 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53767-8
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Dedicated to the memory of Glenn Anderson (1954–2011)
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