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" The abuses of punishment / "
Robert Adams ; consultant editor, Jo Campling.
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BL
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1029642
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b784012
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Main Entry
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Adams, Robert,1944-
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Title & Author
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The abuses of punishment /\ Robert Adams ; consultant editor, Jo Campling.
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Publication Statement
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire :: Macmillan Press,, 1998.
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Page. NO
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x, 270 pages ;; 22 cm
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ISBN
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0312176147
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: 0312176171
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: 0333648455
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: 0333648463
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: 9780312176143
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: 9780312176174
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: 9780333648452
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: 9780333648469
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-258) and index.
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Abstract
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Surveying a variety of psychological, physically constraining, custodial, corporal and capital punishments, Adams argues that abusive punishments are particularly deeply rooted in countries such as Britain and the USA, and authoritarian states.
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Subject
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Criminal justice, Administration of.
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Offenses against the person.
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Punishment.
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Criminal justice, Administration of.
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Offenses against the person.
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Punishment.
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Penologie.
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Straffen.
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Dewey Classification
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303.36
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364.6
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LC Classification
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HV8665.A33 1997
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NLM classification
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179.1
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364.6
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86.43bcl
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Added Entry
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Campling, Jo.
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