Reinventing punishment : a comparative history of criminology and penology in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries /

A comparative approach to the history of criminology and penology between 1870s and 1930s, charting the history of the influence of criminological ideas on criminal law systems and sentencing methods and providing an interpretation of the divide between American and European penologies.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pifferi, Michele (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Clarendon studies in criminology.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:A comparative approach to the history of criminology and penology between 1870s and 1930s, charting the history of the influence of criminological ideas on criminal law systems and sentencing methods and providing an interpretation of the divide between American and European penologies.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 305 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-299) and index.
ISBN:9780191803079
0191803073