Punishment : a comparative historical perspective / Terence D. Miethe, Hong Lu.

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Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction : the punishment response
  • 2. Punishment philosophies and types of sanctions
  • 3. Contemporary punishments in comparative perspective
  • 4. Punishment in American history
  • 5. The history of punishment in China
  • 6. Punishment under Islamic law
  • 7. Issues in the sociology of punishments.