Name: Crime Without Punishment: Aspects of the History of Homicide
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Author: Lawrence M. Friedman; Lawrence Freedman
ISBN: 9781108446280

portada Crime Without Punishment: Aspects of the History of Homicide

Type

Physical Book

Author

Lawrence Freedman

Lawrence M. Friedman

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Year

2019

Language

English

Pages

154

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9 x 15.2 x 0.8 cm

Weight

0.22 kg.

ISBN13

9781108446280

Synopsis "Crime Without Punishment: Aspects of the History of Homicide"

In this compelling book, Lawrence M. Friedman looks at situations where killing is condemned by law but not by social norms and, therefore, is rarely punished. He shows how penal codes categorize homicides by degree of intent, which are in turn based on society's sense of moral outrage. Despite being officially defined as murder, many homicides have historically gone unpunished. Friedman looks at early vigilante justice, crimes of passion, murder of necessity, mercy killings, and assisted suicides. In his explorations of these unpunished homicides, Friedman probes what these circumstances tell us about conflicts in social and cultural norms, and the interaction of law and society.

Lawrence Freedman

(Author)

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Lawrence Freedman ha sido profesor de Estudios Bélicos en el King’s College de Londres desde 1982, y vicerrector desde 2003. Desde 2009 ha trabajado en la Investigación Oficial del Reino Unido sobre la Guerra de Irak. Es autor de numerosos trabajos sobre estrategia nuclear y sobre la guerra fría, y es comentarista habitual de temas relacionados con la seguridad.

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