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Punishment in world history
Author
Title
Punishment in world history / Peter N. Stearns.
ISBN
9781032547374
1032547375
9781032546766
103254676X
9781003427261
Publication
New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024.
Copyright Notice Date
©2024.
Physical Description
vi, 203 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Summary
"This book focuses on major changes in punishment patterns during the principal phases of world history, tracing continuities, reforms, and regional differences. With far-reaching coverage of a variety of human civilizations in history, this book is a core resource for students and scholars of the history of corrections, world history, and criminal justice"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Stearns, Peter N. Punishment in world history New York, NY : Routledge, 2024
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 31, 2024
Series
Themes in world history.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Part I: Early human societies
Punishment in hunter-gatherer societies
Early civilizations and a transformation of punishment
Part II: The classical and postclassical periods
The classical societies
The postclassical period and the role of religion
Part III: The early modern period, 1450-1800
The empires of Asia and Eastern Europe
New prisons and new ideas in Western Europe
Punishment in the new European colonies
Part IV: The 19th century
An age of reform and its limitations : Western Europe and beyond
Reform efforts in Asia, Russia, and Latin America
Punishment in the new empires : from the 19th century to the mid-1950s
Part V: The contemporary period
Major changes
Regional patterns in the contemporary period
Conclusion.
Subjects
Genre/Form
History
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