UID:
almafu_9959238028202883
Format:
1 online resource (xii, 240 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-107-14080-3
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9786612394096
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1-282-39409-6
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0-511-64360-8
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0-511-81380-5
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0-511-20653-4
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0-511-08050-6
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0-511-56757-X
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0-511-07974-5
Content:
Punishment is the common response to crime and deviance in all societies. However, its particular form and purpose are also linked to specific features of the structure of these societies at a particular time and place. Through a comparative historical analysis of punishment, this 2005 book is designed to identify and examine the sources of similarity and differences in types of economic punishments, incapacitation devices and structures, and lethal and non-lethal forms of corporal punishment over time and place. We will look closely at punishment responses to crime and deviance across different regions of the world and in specific countries like the United States, China, and Saudi Arabia. It is hoped that the reader will gain an appreciation for both the universal and context-specific nature of punishment and its use for purposes of social control, social change, and the elimination of threat to the prevailing authorities.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; FIGURES AND TABLES; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CHAPTER ONE Introduction: The Punishment Response; CHAPER TWO Punishment Philosophies and Types of Sanctions; CHAPER THREE Contemporary Punishments in Comparative Perspective; CHAPTER FOUR Punishment in American History; CHAPTER FIVE The History of Punishment in China; CHAPTER SIX Punishment Under Islamic Law; CHAPER SEVEN Issues in the Sociology of Punishments; REFERENCES; AUTHOR INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-60516-4
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-84407-X
Language:
English
URL:
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URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511813801
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