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Record Nr.

UNINA9910557696803321

Autore

Baldwin Peter <1956->

Titolo

Command and persuade : crime, law, and the state across history / / Peter Baldwin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2021]

ISBN

0-262-36149-3

0-262-36150-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

The MIT Press

Disciplina

364.9

Soggetti

Crime - History

Punishment - History

Criminal law - History

Criminal justice, Administration of - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [357]-444) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"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"--