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Record Nr.

UNISA996248187703316

Autore

Friedman Lawrence

Titolo

Crime And Punishment In American History [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Basic Books, 1994

ISBN

0-465-02446-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (705 p.)

Disciplina

347.3055

Soggetti

Criminal justice, Administration of - United States - History

Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States -- History

Criminal justice, Administration of - History - United States

Criminal Law & Procedure - U.S

Law - U.S

Law, Politics & Government

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

""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.