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Punishment and Culture
Philip Smith
Punishment and Culture
Philip Smith
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.
224 pages, 6 halftones
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | March 1, 2008 |
ISBN13 | 9780226766096 |
Publishers | The University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 224 |
Dimensions | 16 × 24 × 2 mm · 425 g |
Language | English |
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