Concept information
Preferred term
hanging
Definition
- Brought to the United States from England by colonial settlers, hanging as a method of state execution has put more offenders to death than any other method of execution in the history of the United States. Accounting for more than 16,000 executions, hanging was once employed by 48 states. [Source: The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encylopedia; Hanging]
Broader concept
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/hanging
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