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Command and persuade : crime, law, and the state across history / Peter Baldwin.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Baldwin, Peter, 1956- author.
Series:
The MIT Press
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Crime--History.
Crime.
Punishment--History.
Punishment.
Criminal law--History.
Criminal law.
Criminal justice, Administration of--History.
Criminal justice, Administration of.
Physical Description:
1 online resource
Place of Publication:
Cambridge The MIT Press 2021
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2021]
Language Note:
English
Summary:
"This history of crime and punishment spans 3000 years and multiple continents to reveal the larger patterns in how the state has maintained order and enforced law over the centuries"-- Provided by publisher
Contents:
Introduction: Crime and the state through the ages
Crime's ever-expanding universe
Crime before the state
Crime as a social problem
The state as victim : treason
Parallel justice
Why punish?
How to punish
Moderating punishment
Crimes of thought
Obliged to be good
From retribution to prevention
The state as enforcer : from Polizei to police
Conclusion: Still present after all these years.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [357]-444) and index.
OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
ISBN:
0-262-36149-3
0-262-36150-7
OCLC:
1202266610

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