Penal Practice and Culture, 1500-1900 : Punishing the English
1st ed. 2004
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1349432695
ISBN-13
9781349432691
Edition
1st ed. 2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 16th, 2003
Print length
319 Pages
Weight
426 grams
Dimensions
13.90 x 21.50 x 3.20 cms
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The English were punished in many different ways in the five centuries after 1500. These studies of penal practice explore violence, cruelty and shame, while offering challenging new perspectives on the timing of the decline of public punishment, the rise of imprisonment and reforms of the capital code.
The English were punished in many different ways in the five centuries after 1500. This collection stretches from whipping to the gallows, and from the first houses of correction to penitentiaries. Punishment provides a striking way to examine the development of culture and society through time. These studies of penal practice explore violence, cruelty and shame, while offering challenging new perspectives on the timing of the decline of public punishment, the rise of imprisonment and reforms of the capital code.
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