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050 00 $a HV8694 $b .D8 2001
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100 1  $a Duff, Charles, $d 1894-
245 1  $a A handbook on hanging : $b being a short introduction to the fine art of execution ... / $c by Charles Duff ; with a new introduction by Christopher Hitchens.
260    $a New York : $b New York Review of Books, $c c2001.
300    $a xxviii, 196 p. ; $c 21 cm.
500    $a Originally published: London : Putnam, 1961.
505 00 $t No increase in the number of murders after abolition -- $t Preface to the 1961 Edition-- $t Fashions in execution -- $t English neck-breaking the best -- $t Praise for hangmen -- $g A $t calm consideration of hanging -- $t Hanging as a fine art -- $t Hangman an artist -- $t Sheer beauty of hanging -- $t British hangmen poor but honest -- $t hangman a man of many parts -- $t Hangman a brave man -- $t Hangmen make mistakes : John Lee -- $t John Lee saved by rain! -- $t To err is human -- $t Open competition and examination for the post -- $t Charming personality of hangmen -- $g A $t uniform for hangmen -- $t Famous case quoted -- $t Conditioning for hanging -- $t No ill-will in hanging -- $t Bungled hangings -- $t Farcical inquests and official secrets -- $t Jurymen must demand evidence -- $t Fashions in evidence -- $t Is America more civilized than England? -- $t Broadcasting the neck-breaking -- $t Murders known to the police : statistics -- $t Anatomy of English murders -- $g A $t general picture and the dilemma -- $t House of Lords a sure preventive of abolition -- $g A $t history of the anti-hanging crusade -- $t Capital punishment abolished! -- $t No increase in the number of murders after abolition --
505 00 $t Note on the literature of hanging -- $t Why not hang in public? -- $t Make hangings more impressive -- $t Decline in hanging -- $t Increase in law : decrease in virtue -- $t Vested interests in hanging -- $t Mercy a dangerous thing -- $t Consult the hangman -- $t Dead men tell no tales -- $t Chance of errors reduced to a minimum -- $t Hanging a "ritual sacrifice" -- $t Hanging and ritualism -- $t Extraordinary case of Derek Bentley -- $g The $t writing on the wall -- $t Party politics and hanging -- $t More mistakes of hangmen -- $t Fun for the hangman -- $t Always hang women -- $t Romance in a butcher's shop -- $g A $t hypothetical murder -- $g The $t end of a dream -- $t Popularity of murder trials -- $t Plan to lower the income tax -- $t Hanged for sheer stupidity -- $g A $t book against hanging! -- $t Depressing modern hangman -- $g The $t great hangman interviewed -- $t Pride in profession -- $t Love versus career -- $t More difficult to hang one woman than two men! -- $g A $t new orientation in capital punishment -- $t Executioners are good Christians -- $t Digression on the Nazis -- $t Great era of execution -- $t Royal executioners and aristocratic hangmen -- $t Executioners risk their lives -- $t Drinking the prisoner's dope -- $t Imported hangmen -- $t Sporting instinct of the Greeks -- $t Hangman who hanged his brother -- $t On His Majesty's service -- $g The $t press and crime -- $t Hints for editors -- $t Making crime pay -- $t Memoirs of the hanged -- $g The $t 'hangman's record" quoted -- $g The $t condemned man -- $t Note on the literature of hanging --
505 00 $t Account of England's last public hanging -- $t Still more mistakes of hangmen -- $t All sorts make mistakes - even experts -- $t Hangmen not concerned with errors of courts -- $t Hanging in the U.S.A. -- $g The $t six who were hanged -- $t Death never instantaneous -- $t Saving "L'honneur de la belle France" -- $t Disgraceful plagiarism exposed -- $t Electrocution is torture -- $g A $t needle through the head -- $g The $t Rosenbergs -- $t U.S.A. : abolition and Caryl Chessman -- $t Wider moral of the Chessman case -- $g The $t death of Chessman -- $t Ugly stain on civilization -- $t Honors for hangmen -- $t Who ought to be hanged? -- $t George Bernard Shaw quoted -- $t Professor Dr. Joad, wit and philosopher -- $g The $t Great Nuremberg hangings -- $t Defense of a choice hangman -- $g The $t executioner who works from a desk -- $t Anti-hanging campaigns -- $t Lord Templewood on hanging -- $t April 1948 : House of Commons against hanging! -- $t House of Lords to the rescue -- $t Judicial psychology -- $t Hanging in suspense -- $t Post-war crimes - the cause -- $g U.S.S.R. - death penalty abolished! -- $t Soviet Decree of May 1961 -- $t Roman Catholics and state killing -- $t Note on hanging, drawing, and quartering -- $t Hanging etc., bulwarks of the Constitution -- $t England's official Church favors hanging -- $t England's public hangings -- $g The $t bold Fenian men of Oul' Ireland -- $t Account of England's last public hanging --
505 00 $t Appendix : A ready reckoner for hangmen. $t Hangman's verses for his client -- $g The $t Scienza Nuova -- $g A $t wicked calumny refuted -- $t Spilsbury on the drop -- $t Hand-in-hand with science -- $t Hanging, flogging, war, and sadism -- $g The $t late Mr. Berry on hanging -- $t Vital importance of the drop -- $t Mr. Marwood - pioneer of the new science -- $g A $t rough working list of drops -- $t Doctor's advice on hanging -- $g The $t Goodale mess explained -- $t Doctor who erred -- $g A $t hangman's diploma -- $t How hanging kills -- $t Note on pinioning -- $t Note on scaffolds -- $t Hangman describes hanging -- $g An $t "order to hang" -- $g The $t Holy procession -- $t Last scene of all -- $t Those last fleeting hours -- $t Hangman shakes hands and gets busy -- $t Fabulous speed of English hangings -- $t Scaffold unaffected by progress, revolutions, or select committees -- $t Britain stands by her hangmen -- $g The $t last certificate -- $g The $t new Homicide Act of 1957 -- $t No hangings : no increase in murders! -- $g The $t new Sexual Offenses Act -- $t Campaign for more hanging : 1960's -- $t England's defeat no always a victory -- $t Homosexuality in England and France -- $t Conclusion -- $t Appendix : A ready reckoner for hangmen.
650  0 $a Hanging.
650  0 $a Capital punishment.
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