Crime Without Punishment: Aspects of the History of Homicide (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781108446280)

In this compelling book, Lawrence M. Friedman looks at situations where killing is condemned by law but not by social norms and, therefore, is rarely punished. He shows how penal codes categorize homicides by degree of intent, which are in turn based on society's sense of moral outrage. Despite being officially defined as murder, many homicides have historically gone unpunished. Friedman looks at early vigilante justice, crimes of passion, murder of necessity, mercy killings, and assisted suicides. In his explorations of these unpunished homicides, Friedman probes what these circumstances tell us about conflicts in social and cultural norms, and the interaction of law and society.

Author: Lawrence M. Friedman
ISBN-10: 1108446280
ISBN-13: 9781108446280
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/08/2019
Pages: 154
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.33d