Punishment and Social Structure (Law & Society)
Georg Ruschewas a noted German sociologist and criminologist, and a member of the Frankfurt Institute of Social Research.Otto Kirchheimerwas professor at of political science at American University, Howard University, the New School of Social Research, and Columbia University, and was the author ofPolitical Justice: The Use of Legal Procedures for Political Ends.Dario Melossiis professor of criminology at the University of Bologna, Italy. He is the co-author (with Massimo Pavarini) ofThe Prison and the Factory: Origins of the Penitentiary System, author ofThe State of Social Control: A Sociological Study of Concepts of State and Social Control in the Making of Democracy, and editor ofThe Sociology of Punishment.