Punishment and Modern Society : A Study in Social Theory
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Clarendon Paperbacks
ISBN-10
0198762666
ISBN-13
9780198762669
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Imprint
Oxford University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 3rd, 1991
Print length
320 Pages
Weight
494 grams
Dimensions
23.40 x 15.90 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
Sociology & anthropologyPenology & punishment
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In a brilliant synthesis of the work of Foucault, Durkheim, Weber, Kircheimer, and Marx, this book develops a completely new, comprehensive, and highly stimulating theory of punishment.
Winner of the 1991 Distinguished Scholar Award from the American Sociological AssociationWinner of the Outstanding Scholarship Award of the Crime and Delinquency Division of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, USAThe first comprehensive account of the role of punishment in modern society, this book buils upon the work of Durkheim, Foucault, and others, and provides a fascinating interpretation of this complex social institution, showing how penal institutions interact with strategies of power, socio-economic structures, and cultural sensibilities.
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