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.
| ISBN: | 9780313201981 |
| Publication date: | 19th May 1978 |
| Author: | Christopher Hibbert |
| Publisher: | Praeger Publishers Inc an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 524 pages |
| Genres: |
Crime and criminology Social and cultural history |