It takes the average reader 5 hours and 30 minutes to read Penal Practice and Culture, 1500–1900 by Paul Griffiths
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The English were punished in many different ways in the five centuries after 1500. This collection stretches from whipping to the gallows, and from the first houses of correction to penitentiaries. Punishment provides a striking way to examine the development of culture and society through time. These studies of penal practice explore violence, cruelty and shame, while offering challenging new perspectives on the timing of the decline of public punishment, the rise of imprisonment and reforms of the capital code.
Penal Practice and Culture, 1500–1900 by Paul Griffiths is 319 pages long, and a total of 82,621 words.
This makes it 108% the length of the average book. It also has 101% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 31 minutes to read Penal Practice and Culture, 1500–1900 aloud.
Penal Practice and Culture, 1500–1900 is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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