| Crime and Punishment in American History Contributor(s): Friedman, Lawrence M. (Author) |
|
 |
ISBN: 0465014879 ISBN-13: 9780465014873 Publisher: Basic Books OUR PRICE: $29.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1994 Annotation: "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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations - History - Law | Civil Procedure |
| Dewey: 347.305 |
| LCCN: 92054517 |
| Lexile Measure: 1160 |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 5" W x 7.9" (1.30 lbs) 590 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |