Society and Social Sciences, Social Services and Welfare, Criminology, Crime and Criminology, Penology and Punishment
Punishment and Modern Society

Punishment and Modern Society: A Study in Social Theory

Paperback Published on: 03/10/1991
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Synopsis

Winner of the 1991 Distinguished Scholar Award from the American Sociological Association

Winner of the Outstanding Scholarship Award of the Crime and Delinquency Division of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, USA

The first comprehensive account of the role of punishment in modern society, this book buils upon the work of Durkheim, Foucault, and others, and provides a fascinating interpretation of this complex social institution, showing how penal institutions interact with strategies of power, socio-economic structures, and cultural sensibilities.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: OUP OXFORD
  • ISBN: 9780198762669
  • Number of pages: 312
  • Dimensions: 234 x 159 x 19 mm
  • Weight: 494g
  • Languages: English