Punishment: A Comparative Historical PerspectiveCambridge University Press, 2005 - 240 pages This book is designed to identify and examine the sources of similarity and differences in types of economic punishments, incapacitation devices and structures, and lethal and non-lethal forms of corporal punishment over time and place. The authors look closely at punishment responses to crime and deviance across different regions of the world and in specific countries like the United States, China, and Saudi Arabia. It is hoped that the reader will gain an appreciation for both the universal and context-specific nature of punishment and its use for purposes of social control, social change, and the elimination of threat to the prevailing authorities. |
Contents
Punishment Philosophies and Types of Sanctions | 15 |
Summary | 40 |
Suggested Readings | 49 |
Incapacitative Sanctions | 55 |
FIGURES AND TABLES | 59 |
53 | 70 |
Punishment in American History | 82 |
Comparative Analysis with Other Western Societies | 106 |
114 | 142 |
Punishment Under Islamic Law | 155 |
Social Control in Islamic Societies | 163 |
Saudi Arabia | 176 |
Summary | 185 |
Suggested Readings | 193 |
Issues in the Sociology of Punishments | 194 |
References | 217 |
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Punishment: A Comparative Historical Perspective Terance D. Miethe,Hong Lu No preview available - 2004 |
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