Sex and Punishment tells the story of the struggle throughout millennia to regulate the most powerful engine of human behaviour: sex. From the savage impalement

In this book the author examines attitudes to sexuality in Britain with a special emphasis on the prudery, fear and hatred of deviance that underly those attitu

A tale of kidnap, extreme punishment and dark pleasures.

Poppy Cavendish, a teenage orphan, is one of only a few girls made to stay at Maidenhall School during the holidays. Caught in a shameful act by a teacher who f

Punishment is a topic of increasing importance for citizens and policymakers. Why should we punish criminals? Which theory of punishment is most compelling? Is