Command and Persuade Crime, Law, and the State across History

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 liv...

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Language:English
Published: Cambridge The MIT Press 2021
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