The Transformation of Criminal Justice: Philadelphia, 1800-1880
(Part of the Studies in Legal History Series)
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Allen Steinberg brings to life the court-centered criminal justice system of nineteenth-century Philadelphia, chronicles its eclipse, and contrasts it to the system -- dominated by the police and public prosecutor -- that replaced it. He offers a major reinterpretation of criminal justice in nineteenth-century America by examining this transformation from private to state prosecution and analyzing the discontinuity between the two systems. Steinberg...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0807818445
ISBN13:9780807818442
Release Date:July 2014
Publisher:University of North Carolina Press
Length:336 Pages
Weight:1.55 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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