Crime and punishment perspectives from the humanities

• Other Authors: Sarat, Austin
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier JAI, c2005.
• Series: Studies in law, politics, and society ; v. 37.
• Subjects: Punishment > Philosophy.; Criminal law > Philosophy.; Criminals > Public opinion.; Imprisonment > Social aspects.; Imprisonment > Moral and ethical aspects.; Criminals > Rehabilitation.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781849503693; 1849503699; 0762312459
• ISSN: 1059-4337 ;
• DOI: 10.1016/S1059-4337(2005)37
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 331 p.) : ill.

Volume 37 of "Studies in Law, Politics, and Society" presents a special issue devoted to exploring humanistic perspectives on the subject of punishment. Drawing together a distinguished group of interdisciplinary scholars, it explores the way "deviant" subjects are constructed an...