Punishment: Rhetoric, Rule, and Practice (Routledge Revivals)

By: Christopher Harding and Richard W. Ireland

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Synopsis: First published in 1989, Punishment examines the practice of punishment, not simply as a typical sanction employed by the state but as a pervasive feature of social organisation in both past and contemporary societies. With depth and rigour, they consider penal practice in a variety of historical and cultural contexts, such as the family, kinship and tribal groupings, small communities, educational institutions, the workplace and the commercial environment, criminal organisations, and the wider international community, as well as that of the state. In this way they widen the scope of the debate about the use of punishment as an instrument of human organisation, presenting different perspectives on the phenomenon of punishment and questioning the boundaries between different disciplines – juridical, philosophical, sociological, psychological and historical – within which the subject has been considered in the past. This book will be of interest to students and teachers of history, sociology, criminology, law, philosophy and psychology.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 246 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781000655841
Related ISBNs:: 9781032345253, 9781003322665, 9781032345338
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 10/01/23
Copyrighted By:: Christopher Harding and Richard W. Ireland
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Psychology, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Philosophy
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.