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Command And Persuade eBook

Crime, Law, And The State Across History

de Peter Baldwin
idioma: inglês
Editor: THE MIT PRESS, outubro de 2021 ‧
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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.

Baldwin explains that the involvement of the state in law enforcement and crime prevention is relatively recent. In ancient Greece, those struck by lightning were assumed to have been punished by Zeus. In the Hebrew Bible, God was judge, jury, and prosecutor when Cain killed Abel. As the state''s power as lawgiver grew, more laws governed behavior than ever before; the sum total of prohibited behavior has grown continuously. At the same time, as family, community, and church exerted their influences, we have become better behaved and more law-abiding. Even as the state stands as the socializer of last resort, it also defines through law the terrain on which we are schooled into acceptable behavior. This title is also available in an Open Access edition.

Command And Persuade

Crime, Law, And The State Across History

de Peter Baldwin

Propriedade Descrição
ISBN: 9780262361507
Editor: THE MIT PRESS
Data de Lançamento: outubro de 2021
Idioma: Inglês
Tipo de produto: eBook
Formato e Compatibilidade: PDF para ADE
Coleção: The Mit Press
Classificação Temática: eBooks em Inglês > Política > Política em Geral
eBooks em Inglês > Política > Administração Pública
EAN: 9780262361507

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