The roots of evil : a social history of crime and punishment
Hibbert, Christopher, 1924-20082003
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Christopher Hibbert's immensely readable narrative takes the reader through the lurid story of crime, detection, conviction and punishment. He discusses murder as a lust and murder as a trade: mutilation, torture, lynching and flogging: the guillotine, the gallows and the gas chamber.
Main title:
The roots of evil : a social history of crime and punishment / Christopher Hibbert.
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Edition:
[New] ed.
Imprint:
Stroud : Sutton, 2003.
Collation:
524 p. ; 22 cm.
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Notes:
Previous ed.: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1963.Includes bibliographical references (p. 493-507) and index.
ISBN:
9780750933346 (pbk)
Dewey class:
36436421
Language:
English
BRN:
236305
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