Can I read On Crimes and Punishments (Hackett Classics) on EtoBox?

On Crimes and Punishments (Hackett Classics) by Jean-Jacques Rousseau is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

What is On Crimes and Punishments (Hackett Classics) about?

<p>Punishment and Social Structure originated from an article written by Georg Rusche in 1933 entitled "Labor Market and Penal Sanction: Thoughts on the Sociology of Criminal Justice." Originally published in Germany by the Frankfurt Institute of Social Research, this article became the germ of a theory of criminology that laid the groundwork for all subsequent research in this area. Rusche and Kirchheimer look at crime from an historical perspective, and correlate methods of punishment with both temporal cultural values and economic conditions. The authors classify the history of crime into three primary eras: the early Middle Ages, in which penance and fines were the predominant modes of punishment; the later Middle Ages, in which harsh corporal punishment and capital punishment moved to the forefront; and the seventeenth century, in which the prison system was more fully developed. They also discuss more recent forms of penal practice, most notably under the constraints of a fascist state.</p> <p>The purpose of American Penology is to provide a story of punishment's past, present, and likely future. The story begins in the 1600s, in the setting of colonial America, and ends in t

Who reads On Crimes and Punishments (Hackett Classics)?

Author

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Publisher

Hackett Publishing Company, Incorporated

Published

1986

Language

EN

ISBN

9780915145959

Category

history

Subjects

Law, Social Science, Political Science

Rating

3.58 / 5 (21 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14