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dc.contributor.authorLow, Patrick
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-11T10:42:50Z
dc.date.available2019-06-11T10:42:50Z
dc.date.issued2018
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Low, P. (2018). 'The Changing Presentation of Execution in Newcastle Upon Tyne 1844-1863', SOLON Law, Crime and History, 8(1), p. 38-52.

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dc.identifier.issn2045-9238
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/14286
dc.description.abstract

The changing presentation of punishment, in particular execution, has been at the heart of much criminal historiography. However, little work has been done to examine the transition outside of London. Newcastle offers a fascinating perspective on any national picture of capital punishment, as it adopted changes far later than most, including close neighbours like Durham. This article questions why so late a transition occurred and what the motivating factors were. Focusing on executions between 1844 and 1863 it will show that far from being led by London, the decisions were largely reactive to immediate crises, chief amongst them an unruly crowd, and not underpinned by any ideological bent. In short, it will argue for caution in speaking of a unified national change in punishment when even to speak of a regional one is problematic.

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dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Plymouth
dc.rightsAttribution 3.0 United States*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/*
dc.subjectExecutionen_US
dc.subjectNewcastleen_US
dc.subjectPunishmenten_US
dc.subjectMurderen_US
dc.subjectCrowdsen_US
dc.subjectCrimeen_US
dc.subjectCivilisingen_US
dc.subjectGeorge Vassen_US
dc.subjectMargaret Dohertyen_US
dc.titleThe Changing Presentation of Execution in Newcastle Upon Tyne 1844-1863en_US
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plymouth.issue1
plymouth.volume8
plymouth.volume8
plymouth.journalSOLON Law, Crime and History


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