The History of World Criminal Justice
Description
This program traces the history of world criminal justice from the Code of Hammurabi, through ancient Greece and Rome, to the Middle Ages. It covers such topics as criminal justice in India, China, Japan, and the Middle East; English debtors' prisons; punishments for colonial witchcraft; the development of criminology; and modern criminal justice systems.
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32 min 29 sec
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