Punishment and Social Structure

ISBN-13: 9780765809216 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 324 str.

Georg Rusche; Otto Kirchheimer; Dario Melossi

Opis

Why are certain methods of punishment adopted or rejected in a given social situation? To what extent is the development of penal methods determined by basic social relations? The answers to these questions are complex, and go well beyond the thesis that institutionalized punishment is simply for the protection of society. While today's punishment of offenders often incorporates aspects of psychology, psychiatry, and sociology, at one time there was a more pronounced difference in criminal punishment based on class and economics.

Spis treści

I. INTRODUCTION II. SOCIAL CONDITIONS AND PENAL ADMINISTRATION IN THE LATER MIDDLE AGES III. MERCANTILISM AND THE RISE OF IMPRISONMENT V. DEVELOPMENTS IN CRIMINAL THEORY AND LAW DURING THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT VI. Social AND PENAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE INDUS[1]TRIAL REVOLUTION VII. THE ABOLITION OF TRANSPORTATION VIII. THE FAlLURE OF SoLITARY CONFINEMENT IX. MODERN PRISON REFORM AND ITs LIMITS X. THE FINE IN RECENT PENAL PRACTICE XI. NEW TRENDS IN PENAL PoLICY UNDER FASCISM XII. PENAL PoLICY AND CRIME RATE XIII. CONCLUSION

O autorze

Kirchheimer, Otto