Present-day unease about the treatment of lawbreakers has deep historical roots. Pieter Spierenburg traces the long period of evolution that gave rise to the modern debate about punishment, and relates it to the development of Western European society. He argues that two elements, the public character of punishment and its infliction of physical suffering, were originally at the heart of the penal system. From the sixteenth century onwards, however, these elements began to decline. Spierenburg explains that this development ...
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Present-day unease about the treatment of lawbreakers has deep historical roots. Pieter Spierenburg traces the long period of evolution that gave rise to the modern debate about punishment, and relates it to the development of Western European society. He argues that two elements, the public character of punishment and its infliction of physical suffering, were originally at the heart of the penal system. From the sixteenth century onwards, however, these elements began to decline. Spierenburg explains that this development reflected a wider change of attitudes which, in turn, was related to changes in society at large. The book deals successively with each of the parties involved in public executions: the hangman, the magistrates, the crowd, and the victim. Among the themes dicussed are the infamous reputation of the excutioner, the functions of ceremonial, and the social background of those about to suffer.
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Reader copy. Ex library hardback withDJ; usual stamps/markings. Published in 1984 by Cambridge University Press. Light wear/fading to DJ with some bump damage to head of spine otherwise a clean, sound copy. Ready for immediate despatch from UK. BS-1F*
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Good. Good Dust Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp. 274. 274 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Good dust jacket that shows edge wear and some fading to the spine. NOTE: There is some older faint staining along the bottom fore-edge.
