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... The Evolution of Punishment "Durkheim (1858-1917) is widely regarded as one of the 'founding fathers' of sociology and was a leading light among the Année Sociologique group" 1 Durkheim wrote about different varieties of topics but based his main issue on the nature of social order and social solidarity. Law and crime was seen as a main term to reveal development of the solidarity in society. The developments of different forms of punishment are discussed in this essay. Durkheim identified 'two laws' 1) The Law of Quantitative Change The intensity of punishment is the greater the more closely societies approximate to a less developed type - and the more the central power assumes an absolute character.2 2) The Law of Qualitative Change Deprivations of liberty, and of liberty alone, varying in time according to the seriousness of the crime, tend to become more and more the normal means of social control. 3
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