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Pieter Spierenburg traces the long period of evolution that gave rise to the modern debate about punishment, and relates it to the development of Western European society.
Descrizione del libro: Present-day unease about the treatment of lawbreakers has deep historical roots. Pieter Spierenburg traces the long period of evolution that gave rise to the modern debate about punishment, and relates it to the development of Western European society. He argues that two elements, the public character of punishment and its infliction of physical suffering, were originally at the heart of the penal system.
Titolo: The Spectacle of Suffering: Executions and ...
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press
Data di pubblicazione: 1984
Legatura: hardcover
Condizione: Very good+
Condizione sovraccoperta: Very good
Edizione: First Edition.