Author:
Rusche, Georg.
Edition Statement:[Transaction ed.]
Imprint:New Brunswick, NJ : Transaction Publishers, c2003.
Descriptionxlix, 268 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Note:Originally published: New York : Columbia University Press, 1939.
Note:Introduction -- Social conditions and penal administration in the later Middle Ages -- Mercantilism and the rise of imprisonment -- Changes in the form of punishment -- Developments in criminal theory and law during the Age of Enlightenment -- Social and penal consequences of the Industrial Revolution -- The abolition of transportation -- The failure of solitary confinement -- Modern prison reform and its limits -- The fine in recent penal practice -- New trends in penal policy under fascism -- Penal policy and crime rate -- Conclusion.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
