An eye for an eye : a global history of crime and punishment

An eye for an eye : a global history of crime and punishment / Mitchel P. Roth.

Since the dawn of mankind, humans have demonstrated a remarkable capacity for violence, deceit and mayhem. With the advent of civilization and the creation of laws to uphold our sense of security and retribution, the notions of crime and punishment have come to play significant roles in societies th...

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Main Author: Roth, Mitchel P., 1953- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Reaktion Books, Ltd, 2014.
Subjects:
Punishment > History.
Crime > History.
Criminal justice, Administration of > History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Crime
Criminal justice, Administration of
Punishment
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Crime and punishment : in the beginning
  • The rise of legal traditions
  • Crime in a changing landscape : from feudalism to the city and the state
  • The transformation of punishment and the rise of the penitentiary
  • Highwaymen, bandits, brigands and bushrangers : bands of thieves and early organized criminality
  • Prohibitions, pirates, slave traders, drug smugglers and the internationalization of criminality
  • The face of modern murder
  • Crime and punishment in a post-colonial world
  • Crime and punishment in the twenty-first century.

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