The Treatment of Criminal Offenders: A History

by Michael Dow Burkhead (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2007

  $30.48

  Explores the various trends in public opinion that influence crime prevention efforts, create public policy and reform criminal law. This work discusses 3 core issues in the study of punishment: the role of free will and determination; the search for the root cause or causes of crime; and the effects of studying crimes versus studying criminals.