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Crime And Punishment In American History.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Friedman, Lawrence.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Criminal justice, Administration of--United States--History.
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- Local Subjects:
- Criminal justice, Administration of--United States--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (705 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, 1994.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- ""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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [477]-553) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780465024469
- 0465024467
- OCLC:
- 701109740
- Publisher Number:
- 2027/heb07864 hdl
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