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Crime and punishment in America / David B. Wolcott and Tom Head.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wolcott, David B.
- Series:
- American experience (Facts on File, Inc.)
- American experience
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Crime--United States--History.
- Crime.
- Criminal justice, Administration of--United States--History.
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- History.
- United States.
- Punishment--United States--History.
- Punishment.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 417 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Facts on File, [2010]
- Contents:
- Old crimes in the New World, 1500-1699
- A new system of justice, 1700-1789
- The American experiment, 1790-1829
- The American city, 1830-1854
- A nation dissolved, 1855-1869
- East and West, 1870-1889
- The Gilded Age and Progressive Era, 1890-1913
- Bootleggers and G-men, 1914-1933
- World War II and the Cold War, 1934-1957
- Civil disobedience and civic reform, 1958-1970
- A crisis of confidence, 1971-1981
- Responding to urban crime, 1982-1992
- Crime and justice as public issues, 1993 to present.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780816062478
- 0816062471
- OCLC:
- 214322880
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