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Penal Practice and Culture, 1500-1900 [Repost]

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Penal Practice and Culture, 1500-1900 [Repost]

Penal Practice and Culture, 1500-1900: Punishing the English by Simon Devereaux
English | 1 Mar. 2004 | ISBN: 0333997409 | 332 Pages | PDF | 1 MB

This is the first collection of essays to survey punishment in England in the four centuries after 1500. Its principal concerns include the punishment of petty crime, the roots of transportation, mercy, changing perceptions of the nature and impact of capital punishment, and the cultural values affecting penal developments.