Book: Crime And Punishment In American History "A major achievement . . . an impressive, panoramic history of the American criminal justice system, from the Salem witchcraft trials to the acquittal of four Los Angeles police officers in the first Rodney King beating case".--New York Times Book Review.
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.
Details of Book: Crime And Punishment In American History Book: Crime And Punishment In American History
Author: Lawrence Meir Friedman
ISBN: 0465014879
ISBN-13: 9780465014873
, 978-0465014873
Binding: Paperback
Publishing Date: 1994/09/08
Publisher: Perseus Books
Number of Pages: 592
Language: English