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Autore |
Baldwin Peter <1956-> |
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Titolo |
Command and persuade : crime, law, and the state across history / / Peter Baldwin |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2021] |
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ISBN |
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0-262-36149-3 |
0-262-36150-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Crime - History |
Punishment - History |
Criminal law - History |
Criminal justice, Administration of - History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [357]-444) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: Crime and the state through the ages -- Crime's ever-expanding universe -- Crime before the state -- Crime as a social problem -- The state as victim : treason -- Parallel justice -- Why punish? -- How to punish -- Moderating punishment -- Crimes of thought -- Obliged to be good -- From retribution to prevention -- The state as enforcer : from Polizei to police -- Conclusion: Still present after all these years. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"This history of crime and punishment spans 3000 years and multiple continents to reveal the larger patterns in how the state has maintained order and enforced law over the centuries"-- |
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