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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roth, Mitchel P., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Punishment--History.

Punishment.

Crime--History.

Crime.

Criminal justice, Administration of--History.

Criminal justice, Administration of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, England : Reaktion Books, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From "an eye for an eye" to debates over capital punishment, humanity has a long and controversial relationship with doling out justice for criminal acts. Today, crime and punishment remain significant parts of our culture, but societies vary greatly on what is considered criminal and how it should be punished. In this global survey of crime and punishment throughout history, Mitchel P. Roth examines how and why we penalize certain activities, and he scrutinizes the effectiveness of such efforts in both punishing wrongdoers and bringing a sense of justice to victims.

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 30, 2015).

ISBN:

9781780233819

1780233817

OCLC:

914326145