The Roots of Evil - A Social History of Crime and Punishment

Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1963. First Edition. Softcover. Good. Author's note, references, bibliography and index. Illustrated paperback binding with black and orange coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Black and white photograph of author to the rear panel. Quoting the rear panel blurb " ... From the burning of witches and the disembowelling of traitors ... The long, lurid story of crime, detection, conviction, and punishment; of murder as a last and murder as a trade; of mutilation, torture, lynching and fogging; of guillotine, gallows, and gas; of outlaws in the forest and gangsters in the street; of police work, from Vidocq to Scotland Yard and the FBI; of trial by ordeal and trial by jury; and of the slow, measured steps of progression reform ... to forensic science and prisons without bars ... " – A history. Creasing of the book corners with rubbing of the book edges and panels. The white coloured background has become this coloured and somewhat yellow. Foxing present to the back strip and a little to either side of the back strip. Tanning of the text block edges and pages with previous owners name to the top edge of the half title page. first Penguin edition. Size: 12 mo (standard paperback). [9],10 - 557, [1] pages,. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Law & Criminal Studies; Politics; United States; History. Inventory No: 0290978. .