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194 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780472099825
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Publication date: 08 June 2007
Description
Most of us think of punishment as an ugly display of power. But punishment also tells us something about the ideals and aspirations of a people and their government. How a state punishes reveals whether or not it is confident in its own legitimacy...
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194 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780472099825
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Publication date: 08 June 2007
Description
Most of us think of punishment as an ugly display of power. But punishment also tells us something about the ideals and aspirations of a people and their government. How a state punishes reveals whether or not it is confident in its own legitimacy...