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The death penalty and sex murder in Canadian history /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Strange, Carolyn, 1959- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : Published for The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press, [2020]
Series:Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History series.
Subjects:
Capital punishment > Canada > History.
Lust murder > Canada > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The Politics of the Death Penalty and the Problem of Sex Murder
  • Sex Fiends and the Death Penalty at the Turn of Canada's Century
  • Contesting Convictions and Questioning Culpability between the Wars
  • Sexual Psychopathy and Penal Severity in the Post-War Era
  • Sexual Psychopathy, Insanity, and the Death Penalty under Scrutiny in the 1950s
  • Sex Murder in the Sixties and the Demise of the Death Penalty.