Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. 1. The Politics of the Death Penalty and the Problem of Sex Murder 1
5. 2. Sex Fiends and the Death Penalty at the Turn of Canada’s Century 23
6. 3. Contesting Convictions and Questioning Culpability between the Wars 60
7. 4. Sexual Psychopathy and Penal Severity in the Post-War Era 97
8. 5. Sexual Psychopathy, Insanity, and the Death Penalty under Scrutiny in the 1950s 141
9. 6. Sex Murder in the Sixties and the Demise of the Death Penalty 182
10. Epilogue: The Problem of Sex Murder in the Shadow of Abolition 224
11. Reflection on Sources and Methods 235
12. Notes 241
13. Index 357
14. Publications of the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History 369