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Crime and Punishment in American History

By Lawrence M. Friedman

Book information

Publisher
Basic Books
Year
1994
ISBN
9780465014873, 0465014879, 978-0-465-02446-9, 0465024467
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
854 kB (874081 bytes)
Pages
705\0
Time added
2019-09-24 23:57:45
Administration of;United States;Criminal Law & ProAdministration of;United States;History;Criminal jCriminal justicePolitics & Government

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In a panoramic history of our criminal justice system from Colonial times to today, one of our foremost legal thinkers shows how America fashioned a system of crime and punishment in its own image. Abstract: In a panoramic history of our criminal justice system from Colonial times to today, one of our foremost legal thinkers shows how America fashioned a system of crime and punishment in its own image.  Read more... Content: Title Page Dedication PREFACE Introduction I -- TIGHT LITTLE ISLANDS: CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN THE COLONIAL PERIOD II -- FROM THE REVOLUTION TO THE CLOSE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY III -- CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY NOTES INDEX Copyright Page.

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