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Command and persuade : crime, law, and the state across history /

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"This history of crime and punishment spans 3000 years and multiple continents to reveal the larger patterns in how the state has maintained order and enforced law over the centuries"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baldwin, Peter, 1956- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Crime > History.
Punishment > History.
Criminal law > History.
Criminal justice, Administration of > History.
HUMANITIES/History
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement
LAW / Legal History
LAW / Criminal Law / General
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:"This history of crime and punishment spans 3000 years and multiple continents to reveal the larger patterns in how the state has maintained order and enforced law over the centuries"--
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:0262361507
9780262361507
DOI:10.7551/mitpress/13482.001.0001