Command and Persuade - Crime, Law, and the State across History (Hardcover)

Why, when we have been largely socialized into good behavior, are there more laws that govern our behavior than ever before? Levels of violent crime have been in a steady decline for centuries--for millennia, even. Over the past five hundred years, homicide rates have decreased a hundred-fold. We live in a time that is more orderly and peaceful than ever before in human history. Why, then does fear of crime dominate modern politics? Why, when we have been largely socialized into good behavior, are there more laws that govern our behavior than ever before? In Command and Persuade, Peter Baldwin examines the evolution of the state's role in crime and punishment over three thousand years.

General

Imprint:	MIT Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2021
Authors:	Peter Baldwin
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 34mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	480
ISBN-13:	978-0-262-04562-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory
LSN:	0-262-04562-1
Barcode:	9780262045629

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