TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stearns,Peter N.
TI  - Punishment in world history
T2  - Themes in world history
SN  - 9781032547374
U1  - 355.1 STE.P 23
PY  - 2024///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Punishment
KW  - History
KW  - Criminal justice, Administration of
KW  - Criminal law
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part I - early human societies -- Punishment in hunting and gathering societies -- Early civilizations and a transformation of punishment -- Part II - the classical and postclassical periods -- The classical societies -- The postclassical period and the role of religion -- Part III - the early modern period, 1450-1800 -- The empires of Asia and Eastern Europe -- New prisons and new ideas in Western Europe -- Punishment in the new European colonies -- Part IV - the nineteenth century -- An age of reform and its limitations: Western Europe and beyond -- Reform efforts in Asia, Russia, and Latin America -- Punishment in the new empires: from the 19th century to the mid-1950s -- Part V - the contemporary period -- Major changes -- Regional patterns in the contemporary period
N2  - "This book focuses on major changes in punishment patterns during the principal phases of world history, tracing continuities, reforms, and regional differences. With far-reaching coverage of a variety of human civilizations in history, this book is a core resource for students and scholars of the history of corrections, world history, and criminal justice"--
ER  -