Punishment and Culture

by PSmith (Author)

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2008
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Denies that punishment is about justice, reason, and law. This book shows that punishment is an essentially irrational act founded in ritual as a means to control evil without creating more of it in the process. It looks at issues ranging from public executions and the development of the prison to the invention of the guillotine.

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Denies that punishment is about justice, reason, and law. This book shows that punishment is an essentially irrational act founded in ritual as a means to control evil without creating more of it in the process. It looks at issues ranging from public executions and the development of the prison to the invention of the guillotine.

$38.96

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 25 Apr 2008
ISBN 10: 0226766101
ISBN 13: 9780226766102

Punishment and Culture

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$38.96

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$38.96

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