02630nam 2200589 a 450 991096826600332120240416154945.097806740626030674062604(CKB)2670000000149472(OCoLC)775441750(CaPaEBR)ebrary10662188(SSID)ssj0000687993(PQKBManifestationID)11942915(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000687993(PQKBWorkID)10757605(PQKB)10283637(Au-PeEL)EBL3301230(CaPaEBR)ebr10662188(MiAaPQ)EBC3301230(Perlego)1133755(EXLCZ)99267000000014947220110218d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe collapse of American criminal justice /William J. Stuntz1st ed.Cambridge, Mass. Belknap Press of Harvard University Pressc20111 online resource (425 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780674051751 0674051750 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: the rule of too much law -- Crime and punishment -- Two migrations -- "The wolf by the ear" -- The past -- Ideals and institutions -- The Fourteenth Amendment's failed promise -- Criminal justice in the gilded age -- A culture war and its aftermath -- Constitutional law's rise, three roads not taken -- Earl Warren's errors -- The rise and fall of crime, the fall and rise of criminal punishment -- The future -- Fixing a broken system -- Epilogue: taming the wolf -- Note on sources and citation form.Rule of law has vanished in America's criminal justice system. Prosecutors decide whom to punish; most accused never face a jury; policing is inconsistent; plea bargaining is rampant; and draconian sentencing fills prisons with mostly minority defendants. A leading criminal law scholar looks to history for the roots of these problems--and solutions.Crime preventionUnited StatesCriminal justice, Administration ofUnited StatesUnited StatesRace relationsCrime preventionCriminal justice, Administration of364.40973Stuntz William J1812655MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910968266003321The collapse of American criminal justice4365152UNINA