The Roots of Evil: A Social History of Crime and Punishment

by Bloomsbury Academic

Overview

Hibbert tries to show by reference to history of punishments, to the reactions of those who suffered them or have been threatened by them, and to the endeavors of those who have concerned themselves with the criminal and the prevention of crime, that cruelty punishment has an inevitable tendency to produce cruelty in people.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313201981
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	05/19/1978
Edition description:	Reprint of Little, Brown Edition
Pages:	524
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.19(d)