Punishment and civilization penal tolerance and intolerance in modern society / [electronic resource] :
Punishment & civilization
John Pratt.
- London : SAGE, c2002.
- 1 online resource (x, 213 p.) : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'Punishment and civilization' examines how a framework of punishment that suited the values and standards of the civilized world came to be set in place from around 1800 to the late 20th century.