Criminal Justice in the United States, 1789-1939
(Part of the New Histories of American Law Series)
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This book chronicles the development of criminal law in America, from the beginning of the constitutional era (1789) through the rise of the New Deal order (1939). Elizabeth Dale discusses the changes in criminal law during that period, tracing shifts in policing, law, the courts and punishment. She also analyzes the role that popular justice - lynch mobs, vigilance committees, law-and-order societies and community shunning - played in the development...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1107401364
ISBN13:9781107401365
Release Date:August 2011
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:194 Pages
Weight:0.60 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.5" x 8.4"
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