The Death Penalty and Sex Murder in Canadian History

by Carolyn Strange

From Confederation to the partial abolition of the death penalty a century later, defendants convicted of sexually motivated killings and sexually violent homicides in Canada were more likely than any other condemned criminals to be executed for their crimes. Despite the emergence of psychiatric expertise in criminal trials, moral disgust and anger proved more potent in courtrooms, the public mind, and the hearts of the bureaucrats and politicians...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487508379
• ISBN13: 9781487508371
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"