Command and Persuade: Crime, Law, and the State Across History

by Peter Baldwin and Peter Baldwin

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Why, when we have been largely socialized into good behavior, are there more laws that govern our behavior than ever before?

Levels of violent crime have been in a steady decline for centuries--for millennia, even. Over the past five hundred years, homicide rates have decreased a hundred-fold. We live in a time that is more orderly and peaceful than ever before in human history. Why, then, does fear of crime dominate modern politics?...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0262045621

ISBN13:9780262045629

Release Date:October 2021

Publisher:MIT Press

Length:480 Pages

Weight:1.80 lbs.

Dimensions:1.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"

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Law Political Science Politics & Social Sciences

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