Criminal justice in the United States, 1789-1939 / Elizabeth Dale.
"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 punishme...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Series: | New histories of American law.
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| Summary: | "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 of America's criminal justice system. This book explores the relation between changes in America's criminal justice system and its constitutional order"--Provided by publisher. |
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| Item Description: | Machine generated contents note: 1. Criminal justice and the nation, 1789-1860; 2. Law and justice in the states, 1789-1839; 3. Law vs. justice in the states, 1840-1865; 4. States and nation, 1860-1900; 5. Criminal justice, 1900-1935; 6. Rights and the turn to law, 1937-1939. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 184 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139115698 1139115693 9781139128520 1139128523 9780511920158 0511920156 9781139117869 1139117866 1283298643 9781283298643 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |