Crime and Punishment in American History
Lawrence M. Friedman
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.
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- Hachette UK
- Year
- 1994
- ISBN-13
- 9780465024469
- Genre
- History
- Topics
- Criminal justice systemAmerican legal historyCrime and punishment
Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for HistoryShortlistedMajor(1994)
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