Punishment and Culture

2008. The University of Chicago Press. Chicago. 2008. FIRST EDITION in paperback. Illustrated with photographs. A clean and fresh copy.

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New. From the chain gang to the electric chair, the problem of how to deal with criminals has long been debated. What explains this concern with getting punishment right? And why do attitudes toward particular punishments change radically over time? In addressing these questions, Philip Smith attacks the comfortable myth that punishment is about justice, reason, and law.… Read more about this item

Paperback / softback. New. Denies that punishment is about justice, reason, and law. This book shows that punishment is an essentially irrational act founded in ritual as a means to control evil without creating more of it in the process. It looks at issues ranging from public executions and the development of the prison to the invention of… Read more about this item

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Univ of Chicago Pr, 2008. Hardcover. New. illustrated edition edition. 224 pages. 9.25x6.00x0.75 inches.

Univ of Chicago Pr, 2008. Paperback. New. 224 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.50 inches.

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