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OverviewIt is easy to forget that the death penalty was an accepted aspect of Canadian culture and criminal justice from Confederation until 1976. The Practice of Execution in Canada is not about what led some to the gallows and others to escape it. Rather, it examines how the routine rituals and practices of education can be seen as a crucial social institution. Drawing on hundreds of case files, Ken Leyton-Brown shows that from trial to interment, the practice of execution was constrained by law and tradition.Despite this, however, the institution was not rigid. Criticism and reform pushed executions out of the public eye, and in so doing, stripped them of meaningful ritual and made them more vulnerable to criticism. Comprehensive and absorbing, this groundbreaking study is for anyone who wants a deeper understanding of contemporary debates on capital punishment. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ken Leyton-BrownPublisher: University of British Columbia Press Imprint: University of British Columbia Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.340kg ISBN: 9780774817547ISBN 10: 0774817542 Pages: 216 Publication Date: 01 January 2011 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments 1 Introduction 2 Trial and Sentencing 3 Redemption 4 Confession 5 Procession 6 Hanging 7 Display 8 Inquest 9 Disposal 10 Conclusion Notes Bibliography IndexReviews<p>This fascinating work takes us from a dramatic account of the public execution of Claude Ruel on July 1, 1868 in St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, to the double hanging of Arthur Lucas and Ronald Turpin in Toronto's Don Jail on December 11, 1962. Just as that jail had gradually evolved from an example of mid-Victorian penal innovation into a symbol of public indifference and cruel confinement, so this story had evolved along a similar path within the public's perception. What's most original is the focus upon treating this process as an institutional history - a rich approach and one certain to provoke debate.<br>- Bruce Bowden, Registrar at Trinity College, University of Toronto, and historian in Canadian public history Author InformationKen Leyton-Brown is an associate professor in the History Department at the University of Regina. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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