Public Executions is a historical penal practice in which state-sanctioned capital punishment is carried out in a visible and accessible setting before a civilian audience, serving as a performative assertion of sovereign power and a deterrent mechanism within the broader evolution of punishment regimes.
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Lynching and spectacle: witnessing racial violence in America, 1890-1940
Choice Reviews Online · 2009 · 167 citations
Humanities, Ethnic Studies, History +14
William J. Bowers, Glenn L. Pierce · Crime & Delinquency · 1980 · 126 citations
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Wayne State University
Detroit, United States
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The Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
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Cleveland State University
Cleveland, United States
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SUNY Cortland
Cortland, United States
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Emory University
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Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Beersheba, Israel
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Wayne State College
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Repository · 3 publications · 89 citations
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