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On Punishment
The Confrontation of Suicide in Old-Europe
By Lieven Vandekerckhove
August 2000
ISBN: 9058670244
184p.
$63.00 Paper
Contents include The nature of punishment and the former punishment of suicidal behavior; historical origins and explanations; explanation of corporal punishment for suicidal behavior; criminal proceedings; symbolism and origins; punishment rationalized.
Sociology