Punishment
Subtitle: a comparative historical perspective
By: Terence D. Miethe, Hong Lu
Contributors: Lu, Hong, 1966-
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
Subjects: Punishment; Punishment -- Cross-cultural studies; Punishment -- History
Genres: Cross-cultural studies
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-229) and indexes