Punishment : a comparative historical perspective /
"Informed by current scholarship, yet tailored to the needs of undergraduate students, this textbook presents a broad perspective on one of the most fundamental social practices. Punishment is the common response to crime and deviance in all societies. However, its particular form and purpose a...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2005.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | "Informed by current scholarship, yet tailored to the needs of undergraduate students, this textbook presents a broad perspective on one of the most fundamental social practices. Punishment is the common response to crime and deviance in all societies. However, its particular form and purpose are also linked to specific structural features of these societies in a particular time and place. Through a comparative historical analysis, the authors identify and examine the sources of similarity and difference in types of economic punishments, incapacitation devices and structures, and lethal and nonlethal forms of corporal punishment over time and place."--Jacket |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 240 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-229) and indexes. |
ISBN: | 0511080506 9780511080500 9780511813801 0511813805 9780511079740 0511079745 |