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Crime And Punishment In American History.

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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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