History of Modern American Criminal Justice

Klappentext In A History of Modern Criminal Justice, authors Joseph Spillane and David Wolcott focus on the modern aspects of the subject, from 1900 to the present. A unique thematic rather than a chronological approach sets this book apart from the competition, with chapters organized around themes such as policing, courts, due process, and prison and punishment. Making connections between history and contemporary criminal justice systems, structures and processes, A History of Modern Criminal Justice offers students the latest in historical scholarship, made relevant to their needs as future practitioners in the field. This book is appropriate for any course on the history of criminal justice. Zusammenfassung Focuses on the modern aspects of the Criminal Justice! from 1900 to the present. This book offers students the advanced in historical scholarship that made relevant to their needs as future practitioners in the field. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. The Challenge of Policing Chapter 3. Progressivism and the Courts Chapter 4. Punishment in the Progressive Era Chapter 5. Dark Days in the South Chapter 6. Criminal Justice Research and Professionalism, 1920s-1960s Chapter 7. Liberalism's Twin Revolutions, 1930-1960s Chapter 8. The Expanding State, 1930s-1990s Chapter 9. The Politics of Law and Order, 1960s-2000s Chapter 10. Criminal Justice Goes Global

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• Authors: Joseph F. Spillane, Joseph F. F. Spillane, Joseph F. Wolcott Spillane, Joseph/ Wolcott Spillane, Spillane Joseph F., David B. Wolcott, David B. B. Wolcott, Wolcott David B.
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.01.2013
• EAN: 9781412981347
• ISBN: 978-1-4129-8134-7
• No. of pages: 360
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, LAW / Criminal Law / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, United States of America, USA, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Criminal justice law