Title: Revenge and retribution
First published: 1998
Description: Uses literature and case studies to chronicle the historic shift in the philosophy of punishing wrongdoers and examines the continuing tension between the desire for personal vengeance and public interest in lawfulness.
Subjects: Administration of Criminal justice, Criminal justice, Administration of, Juvenile literature, Punishment, Retribution, Revenge, Revenge in literature, Violent crimes, Crime, juvenile literature, Justice, administration of, Crime
LC classification: HV8693 .W55 1998