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The classic and groundbreaking study of penal slavery throughout the ages is finally available again. Previously a rare book - despite the fact that it is widely quoted and cited by scholars in the field of sociology, penology, and criminology - this book can now be accessed easily worldwide and be assigned again to classes.

Now in its "fortieth anniversary edition," Sellin's classic book adds a new Foreword by Barry Krisberg at Berkeley, and incorporates changes the author originally planned for a second printing, provided to Quid Pro Books by the Special Collections Library at Penn....

This volume is a statistical and sociological analysis of one of the leading causes of death in the United States. Combining original research and a review of all major previous studies on criminal homicide in America, this study attempts to discover and to analyze patterns in criminal homicide from among almost six hundred cases that occurred in the city of Philadelphia between January 1, 1948, and December 31, 1952.

The primary source of data utilized by Marvin E. Wolfgang was the files of the Homicide Squad of the Philadelphia Police Department. Answers were sought to a series of...