المراجعة التحريرية | Winner of the Choice award for Outstanding Academic Title Pieter Spierenburg is one of the world s experts on the history of violent crime, and his writings are filled with fascinating facts and thought-provoking insights. The essays in this volume will inform and stimulate anyone interested in human violence and its history. Steven Pinker, Harvard University Pieter Spierenburg is our leading student of the civilizing process in punishment and society. Violence and Punishment ties together decades of research into the dynamics of violence and state formation; truly the definitive work on the topic. Jonathan Simon, University of California Berkeley With this strong new addition to his previous work, Pieter Spierenburg consolidates his position as Europe's leading historian of violence. Roger Lane, Haverford College |