Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. ‘Hanging Not Punishment Enough’; Attitudes to Aggravated Forms of Execution and the Making of the Murder Act 1690-1752 -- Chapter 3. Patterns of Post-Execution Sentencing in England and Wales 1752-1834. The Murder Act in Operation -- Chapter 4. Changing Attitudes to Post-Execution Punishment 1752-1834 -- Chapter 5. Conclusion -- Index.Open AccessThis bo…