Punishment: A Comparative Historical Perspective - Paperback

by Terance D. Miethe (Author), Hong Lu (Author)

This book identifies and examines the sources of similarities and differences in types of economic punishments, incapacitation devices and structures, and lethal and non-lethal forms of corporal punishment over time and place. The authors survey punishment responses to crime and deviance across different regions of the world and in specific countries like the United States, China, and Saudi Arabia.