Crime and punishment in American history / Lawrence Friedman.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : BasicBooks, c1993.Description: xi, 577 p. 20 cmISBN:
  • 465014879
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • KF 9223
Contents:
Tight little islands: criminal justice in the Colonial Period -- From the Revolution to the close of the Nineteenth Century -- Criminal justice in the Twentieth Century.
Summary: 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. www.alibris.com
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
American Learning Resource American Learning Resource Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center KF 9223 .F914 1993 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 9ALRC201101066

Includes bibliographical references (p. [477]-553) and index.

Tight little islands: criminal justice in the Colonial Period -- From the Revolution to the close of the Nineteenth Century -- Criminal justice in the Twentieth Century.

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. www.alibris.com

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