The Treatment of Criminal Offenders
Burkhead, Michael Dow![The Treatment of Criminal Offenders](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/276/2762185/CHSBZCOP032762185.jpg)
From drilling holes into the skulls of prisoners, to solitary confinement, to deploying a range of psychological therapies, society has attempted to deal with the problem of criminals in myriad ways over the last few centuries. This analytical history explores the ever-changing approaches to punishing wrongdoers and preventing further offenses, the philosophical beliefs underlying them, and their relative effects. It discusses such core issues...