Punishment: A Comparative Historical Perspective (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521605168)

This book identifies and examines the sources of similarities 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 survey punishment responses to crime and deviance across different regions of the world and in specific countries like the United States, China, and Saudi Arabia.

Author: Terance D. Miethe, Hong Lu
ISBN-10: 0521605164
ISBN-13: 9780521605168
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/15/2004
Pages: 254
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.90w x 0.70d