This new text provides an overview of the origin and development of the American criminal justice system from the arrival of the first settlers during the Colonial period into the twenty first century.
The authors present a history of ordinary crime as well as extraordinary high profile criminal acts. The authors use this discussion of historical context and crime as a foundation to describe and analyze the development and impact of police, law, courts, corrections, and juvenile justice.
- ISBN10 0205386563
- ISBN13 9780205386567
- Publish Date 12 January 2006
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 16 June 2010
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Pearson
- Format Paperback
- Pages 352
- Language English