Punishment and Modern Society : A Study in Social Theory Paperback / softback
by David (Reader in Law, Reader in Law, University of Edinburgh) Garland
Part of the Clarendon Paperbacks series
Paperback / softback
Description
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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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:320 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:03/10/1991
- Category:
- ISBN:9780198762669
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:320 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:03/10/1991
- Category:
- ISBN:9780198762669
