Punishment and Control in Historical Perspective

• Author(s): H. Johnston,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 269
• ISBN_10: 023058344X
  ISBN_13: 9780230583443
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Social History , Social Science / Criminology , Political Science / Public Policy / Social Policy , Social Science / Penology , History / General , Political Science / Public Policy / General ,

Description:... Bringing together new research, this book advances current theoretical understandings of punishment and control in society. It provides a critical analysis of institutions, punishment and the law, and explores the delivery of punishment and experience of incarceration in Western societies from the early-nineteenth century.