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Punishments of Hell. Chromolithograph.

Scull of a public woman, remarkable for the depravity of her morals, her great propensity to steal and cruellty.

Colonel Kirke draws the attention of a distressed young lady to the body of her brother whom he had hanged in an adjoining room. Engraving by F. Deeves after W. Hamilton.

Sins and subsequent punishment in Hell. Chromolithograph.

The science of evil : on empathy and the origins of cruelty / Simon Baron-Cohen.

Zero degress of empathy : a new theory of human cruelty / Simon Baron-Cohen.

Cruelty : human evil and the human brain / Kathleen Taylor.

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The science of evil : on empathy and the origins of cruelty / Simon Baron-Cohen.

Sins and subsequent punishment in Hell. Chromolithograph.

Zero degress of empathy : a new theory of human cruelty / Simon Baron-Cohen.

Colonel Kirke draws the attention of a distressed young lady to the body of her brother whom he had hanged in an adjoining room. Engraving by F. Deeves after W. Hamilton.

Cruelty : human evil and the human brain / Kathleen Taylor.