William Corder and the Red Barn Murder [electronic resource] : Journeys of the Criminal Body /
McCorristine, S.author.
This study reassesses the criminal body from sentencing to execution and afterlife, using the nineteenth-century Red Barn murder as a case study. Positioned within the burgeoning field of medical humanities, it places culture and power at the centre of debates surrounding criminal justice and public punishment.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copy right; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1 The Murder in the Red Barn; 2 The Criminal Body Dismembered; 3 The Criminal Body Remembered; Appendix 1: Crime, Trial, and Dismemberment; 1.1 Corder's Defence; 1.2 Conduct, Confession, and Execution of Corder; 1.3 Phrenology of Corder; Appendix 2: Representations and Afterlives; 2.1 Red Barn Ballads; 2.2 "The Red Barn, or the Mysterious Murder"; 2.3 "William Corder's Skull"; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This study reassesses the criminal body from sentencing to execution and afterlife, using the nineteenth-century Red Barn murder as a case study. Positioned within the burgeoning field of medical humanities, it places culture and power at the centre of debates surrounding criminal justice and public punishment.
Corder, William, 1803-1828.
Criminology.
Culture-Study and teaching.
Great Britain-History.
Social groups.
Family.
Crime-Sociological aspects.
Sociology.
Criminology and Criminal Justice, general.
Regional and Cultural Studies.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.
Crime and Society.
Sociology, general.