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Command and persuade : crime, law, and the state across history

Title
Command and persuade : crime, law, and the state across history / Peter Baldwin.
Author
Baldwin, Peter, 1956-
Publication
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2021]

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Description
1 online resource.
Subject
  • Crime > History
  • Punishment > History
  • Criminal law > History
  • Criminal justice, Administration of > History
  • HUMANITIES/History
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement
  • LAW / Legal History
  • LAW / Criminal Law / General
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
Contents
Introduction: Crime and the state through the ages -- Crime's ever-expanding universe -- Crime before the state -- Crime as a social problem -- The state as victim : treason -- Parallel justice -- Why punish? -- How to punish -- Moderating punishment -- Crimes of thought -- Obliged to be good -- From retribution to prevention -- The state as enforcer : from Polizei to police -- Conclusion: Still present after all these years.
ISBN
  • 0262361507
  • 9780262361507
  • 9780262361491
  • 0262361493
  • 0262045621 (canceled/invalid)
OCLC
om1133053402
Author
Baldwin, Peter, 1956- author.
Title
Command and persuade : crime, law, and the state across history / Peter Baldwin.
Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2021]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
Source of description
Print version record.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Indexed Term
HUMANITIES/History
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement
LAW / Legal History
LAW / Criminal Law / General
Added Author
EBSCOhost
Other Form:
Print version: Baldwin, Peter, 1956- Command and persuade. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2021] 9780262045629 (DLC) 2020017932
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