Penal Practice and Culture, 1500–1900

Paul Griffiths, Simon Devereaux

Palgrave Macmillan, 2003

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The English were punished in many different ways in the five centuries after 1500. These studies of penal practice explore violence, cruelty and shame, while offering challenging new perspectives on the timing of the decline of public punishment, the rise of imprisonment and reforms of the capital code.

ISBN-13
9781349432691
ISBN-10
1349432695
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2003
Publication date
2003-12-16
Pages
319
Dimensions
139x215x32
Weight
426