RT Article
T1 Early Theories of Punishment: Deterrence, Rehabilitation and Restoration in Ancient Greek and Indian Penology
JF Law, crime & history
VO 12
IS 1
SP 118
OP 129
A1 Linderborg, Otto
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1902569180
AB This study examines ancient penology, focusing on literary sources from ancient Greece and India as the primary material for analysis. The theories of punishment encountered in these texts are analysed by applying theoretical concepts of modern penology. The study indicates that attempts to rationalize punishment and provide alternatives to traditional retributive and deterrent approaches to penology date back far earlier than is commonly presumed, specifically to the axial age in Greece and India (800-200 BCE).
K1 Ancient Greek Penology
K1 Ancient Indian Penology
K1 Axial Age Studies
K1 History of criminology
K1 Indo-Hellenic Studies
DO 10.21428/4b74e090.92f6890f