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Punishment and Modern Society A Study in Social Theory

Paperback • 1993 • English • 1. edition

Punishment and Modern Society A Study in Social Theory

By David Garland

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In this path-breaking book, David Garland argues that punishment is a complex social institution that affects both social relations and cultural meanings. Drawing on theorists from Durkheim to Foucault, he insightfully critiques the entire spectrum of social thought concerning punishment, and reworks it into a new interpretive synthesis. "Punishment and Modern Society is an outstanding delineation of the sociology of punishment. At last the process that is surely the heart and soul of crimino...Show more

Sociology
Social theory
Penology and punishment

Book details

ISBN

9780226283821

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Published year

1993

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Punishment and Modern Society A Study in Social Theory

Format

Paperback

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