Crime and Punishment in American History
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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.;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. 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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