Punishment: A Comparative Historical Perspective

by Hong Lu and Terance D. Miethe

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521605164
• ISBN13: 9780521605168
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 9.1"