The Sociology of punishment and punishment today -- Punishment and social solidarity: the work of emile durkheim -- Punishment and the construction of authority: a reworking of durkheimian themes -- The Political economy of punishment: rusche and kirchheimer and the Marxist tradition -- Punishment as ideology and class control: variations on Marxist themes -- Punishment and the technologies of power: the work of Michel Foucault -- Beyond the power perspective: a critique of foucault on punishment -- The Rationalization: weberian themes and modern penality -- Punishment and culture: cultural formas and penal practices -- Punishment and sensibilities: a genealogy of 'civilized' sanctions -- Punishment as a cultural agent: penality's role in the creation of culture -- Punishment as a social institution

1. Punishment