ICRJ210 — Society & Punishment 1700-1900
Fromw the Gallows to the Prison: Society and Punishment 1700-1900 examines major shifts in the pattern of punishment over the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This was marked by a withdrawal from physical punishments and a reliance on the deterrence of the death penalty to much greater use of the prison which was perceived to be more rational and reform oriented. Emphasis will be placed on contemporary representations of these forms of punishment and the nature of the society which supported them. Consequently it will be possible to understand how crime, law and punishment are historical processes that evolve over space and time and are specific to particular societies.