The History Of Torture And Execution
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The History Of Torture And Execution
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Author : Jean Kellaway
language : en
Publisher: Mercury Books
Release Date : 2003
The History Of Torture And Execution written by Jean Kellaway and has been published by Mercury Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Executions and executioners categories.
The History of Torture and Execution examines these fascinating but grisly subjects by time, region, and method.
The History Of Torture And Execution
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Author : Jean Kellaway
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
The History Of Torture And Execution written by Jean Kellaway and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Executions and executioners categories.
Military historian Kellaway chronicles these fascinating but grisly subjects by time, region, and method, beginning with the methods used by early civilizations, then covering the evolution from the sadistic tools of the medieval age to the modern search for humane execution. She includes hundreds of color photographs and illustrations as well as stories told by the victims themselves. Not recommended for the faint of heart. c. Book News Inc.
The History Of Torture
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Author : Daniel P. Mannix
language : en
Publisher: eNet Press
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The History Of Torture written by Daniel P. Mannix and has been published by eNet Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with History categories.
Torture has been an intrinsic part of the legal process in most cultures for centuries. Indeed, the violence we witness daily in our own society and recent revelations about the continued use of torture, seems proof that inflicting extreme mental or physical pain on an individual to achieve one's own ends is not a taboo practice buried in the past. This incomparable, extremely thorough book — told with a frightening and factual honesty — examines every aspect of torture: professional torturers, theories and techniques, the role of torture in history, moral implications, and the refinements brought to the practice of torture by individual fanatics, religious groups, the military, and, indeed, entire cultures. For such transgressions against society as adultery, heresy and espionage, from the primitive snake pit to the sophistication of brainwashing, there have been literally thousands of techniques devised to distort both the body and the mind in order to satisfy the sadistic needs of those who command, perform and witness human torture. At the time of its first publication (1964), The History of Torture was the most complete repository of information on the subject ever assembled in one volume.
The History Of Torture In England
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Author : Leonard Arthur Parry
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
The History Of Torture In England written by Leonard Arthur Parry and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Political Science categories.
The Death Penalty As Torture
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Author : John D. Bessler
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
The Death Penalty As Torture written by John D. Bessler and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Capital punishment categories.
The Death Penalty as Torture: From the Dark Ages to Abolition was named a Bronze Medalist in the World History category of the Independent Publisher Book Awards and a finalist in the Eric Hoffer Book Awards (2018). During the Dark Ages and the Renaissance, Europe's monarchs often resorted to torture and executions. The pain inflicted by instruments of torture--from the thumbscrew and the rack to the Inquisition's tools of torment--was eclipsed only by horrific methods of execution, from breaking on the wheel and crucifixion to drawing and quartering and burning at the stake. The English "Bloody Code" made more than 200 crimes punishable by death, and judicial torture--expressly authorized by law and used to extract confessions--permeated continental European legal systems. Judges regularly imposed death sentences and other harsh corporal punishments, from the stocks and the pillory, to branding and ear cropping, to lashes at public whipping posts. In the Enlightenment, jurists and writers questioned the efficacy of torture and capital punishment. In 1764, the Italian philosopher Cesare Beccaria--the father of the world's anti-death penalty movement--condemned both practices. And Montesquieu, like Beccaria and others, concluded that any punishment that goes beyond absolute necessity is tyrannical. Traditionally, torture and executions have been viewed in separate legal silos, with countries renouncing acts of torture while simultaneously using capital punishment. The UN Convention Against Torture strictly prohibits physical or psychological torture; not even war or threat of war can be invoked to justify it. But under the guise of "lawful sanctions," some countries continue to carry out executions even though they bear the indicia of torture. In The Death Penalty as Torture, Prof. John Bessler argues that death sentences and executions are medieval relics. In a world in which "mock" or simulated executions, as well as a host of other non-lethal acts, are already considered to be torturous, he contends that death sentences and executions should be classified under the rubric of torture. Unlike in the Middle Ages, penitentiaries--one of the products of the Enlightenment--now exist throughout the globe to house violent offenders. With the rise of life without parole sentences, and with more than four of five nations no longer using executions, The Death Penalty as Torture calls for the recognition of a peremptory, international law norm against the death penalty's use.
Rack Rope And Red Hot Pincers
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Author : Geoffrey Abbott
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Rack Rope And Red Hot Pincers written by Geoffrey Abbott and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Political Science categories.
101 Most Horrible Tortures In History
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Author : Stephen Liddell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
101 Most Horrible Tortures In History written by Stephen Liddell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with categories.
101 Most Horrible Tortures In History misses out all the boring stuff and gets straight to the very sharp point, the weird, bizarre and even a bit of the gore! Often when learning history at school we'd all squirm in our chairs at hearing about the odd bit of torture or terrible execution but on the inside a bit of us loved it.This book covers some of the craziest tortures that humans have inflicted on each other over the last 6,000 years from every corner of the world. Whether you like your tortures boiling hot; if medieval dungeons are your thing or you think Mongolian tortures are the coolest procedures until the CIA Cold Cell Air-Con torture.101 Most Horrible Tortures In History takes a wry look at history, torture and bizarre punishments of times past and just a bit of the present so that we can thank our lucky stars that none of this is ever likely happen to us.History doesn't have to be torture!
Dictionary Of Torture
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Author : Nigette M. Spikes
language : en
Publisher: Abbott Press
Release Date : 2015-01-07
Dictionary Of Torture written by Nigette M. Spikes and has been published by Abbott Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-07 with History categories.
From ancient times to today, there is no question that torture has been an integral part of human history. From the world’s first documented society of Mesopotamia to the present day; from the famous to the most obscure; and from the Far East to the West and every society in between, the Dictionary of Torture shares fascinating facts on how torture and execution methods have been used throughout history. Nigette Spikes, a researcher and torture historian, relies on years of research to share a compilation of torture methods from around the world. Whether it was to punish criminals in Abu Gharib, extract confessions from accused witches of Salem, or for the sadistic pleasures of Vlad the Impaler, every alphabetical entry graphically describes a torture and its origins. From the fearsome breast ripper, the terrifying spiked collar, the pear of anguish, and the Judas cradle, Spikes reveals what went on in the dungeon of a medieval castle, how Inquisitioners extracted confessions from “sinners,” and what kind of tortures are still used today. Dictionary of Torture is a one-of-a-kind collection of torture facts that reveal detailed descriptions of methods and explore world history from the first documented society several millennia ago to present day.
The History Of Torture
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Author : Brian Innes
language : en
Publisher: Amber Books Ltd
Release Date : 2012-07-18
The History Of Torture written by Brian Innes and has been published by Amber Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-18 with Philosophy categories.
The History of Torture tells the complete story of torture, from its earliest uses right up to the present day, from the tools and techniques used, to the campaigns to abolish its use.
The History Of Torture
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Author : George Ryley Scott
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-10-28
The History Of Torture written by George Ryley Scott and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-28 with Social Science categories.
First published in 2005. Torture, an enduring and seemingly not declining aspect of man's relationship to his fellow man, is an enduring thread through human history. Whether it be practiced by primitive people, the ancient Greeks or the Catholic Church, whether it be ancient China, Japan, 1930's Germany, or Northern Ireland today, torture is alarmingly systematic and consistent in its methods. Impaling, burning, rack or wheel, mutilation, drawing and quartering, burning or hanging alive in chains. A very comprehensive and readable work.