The Crime of Punishment
by Karl Menninger
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"Our system of penology is remarkably ineffective, says the ... [author]; our method for controlling crime is antiquated and unjust. He examines the entire juridical system and its functions, commenting on modern scientific discoveries about human behavior and the fact that these are not recognized in our present legal code."Tags
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4th printing 1969
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- Sociology, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Politics and Government
- DDC/MDS
- 364.3 — Society, government, & culture Social problems and social services Crime Criminals
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- HV6080 .M39 — Social sciences Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Criminal anthropology
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- English, German
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