{"product_id":"the-entire-history-of-crime-edward-hodge-9781761591099","title":"The Entire History of Crime and Punishment: Why Our History of Crime and Punishment Matters for Reimagining Justice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if everything you think you know about crime and punishment is just one moment in a much longer-and stranger-story? And what if understanding that story is the key to reimagining justice today?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou live in a world of police, prisons, and headlines about crime waves and crackdowns, yet so much of it feels confusing, unfair, or out of control. Debates about safety, reform, and justice are loud and polarized, while the deeper questions-What is a crime? Who gets punished, and why?-\u003cem\u003erarely get answered.\u003c\/em\u003e Without a bigger historical view, it's easy to feel stuck between fear and frustration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Entire History of Crime and Punishment\u003c\/em\u003e offers that missing perspective.\u003c\/strong\u003e Moving from ancient blood feuds to algorithmic sentencing, it shows you how every age has invented its own ideas of crime-and built systems of punishment to match. Instead of giving you slogans, it hands you a sweeping, gripping narrative that makes today's justice battles finally make sense.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInside, you'll discover how to: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrace the surprising journey from clan vengeance and divine wrath to laws written on stone, scroll, and screen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSee how kings, churches, and states used trials, torture, and public executions to display power-and why the spectacle eventually moved behind prison walls\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnderstand the rise of the jury, the modern police force, and the courtroom drama that still shapes your idea of justice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDecode the promises and perils of \"scientific\" advances-from early forensics and criminal anthropology to psychological profiling and DNA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConnect mass incarceration, civil rights struggles, and today's fights over cybercrime, surveillance, and predictive policing to centuries of earlier reforms and backlashes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnvision concrete alternatives, drawing on global experiments in restorative, transformative, and community-based justice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClear, vivid, and deeply researched, this book stands apart by weaving legal history, true crime, and social justice into one continuous, compelling story-and by always bringing that story back to the choices you face now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf you're ready to see crime and punishment with new eyes and imagine justice differently, start reading The Entire History of Crime and Punishment today.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Edward Hodge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1761591096\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781761591099\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Book Bound Studios\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.39d","brand":"Edward Hodge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48443108294911,"sku":"9781761591099","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_216a911d-1224-436d-8d2d-d81de6307f6f.jpg?v=1777201902","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-entire-history-of-crime-edward-hodge-9781761591099","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}