The sociological perspective on punishment will be explored in Part Two of this book. Chapter 6 will look at the Durkheimian and Weberian reflec¬tions on punishment and on law more generally, exploring Durkheim's emphasis on law as the source of social stability and cohesion in modern industrial societies, and Weber's characterization of the forms that auth¬ority, and institutions exercising authoritative power, must take if they are to serve the needs of modern industrial society.