Criminal Justice in America

List of contents

I: The Problem of Criminal Justice; II: The Difficulties of Criminal Justice; III: Our Inheritance from England; 4: Criminal Justice in Nineteenth-Century America; V: Criminal Justice Today

About the author

Roscoe Pound

Summary

Pound recognises the dangers law faces when it does not keep pace with societal change. He points out that one aspect of the justice problem is a rigid mechanical approach that resists change, and the other dimension of the problem is that change, when it comes, results from the pressure of public opinion, which is not motivated by justice.

Product details

• Authors: Ron Christenson, Roscoe Pound
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2018
• EAN: 9781138521520
• ISBN: 978-1-138-52152-0
• No. of pages: 250
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, LAW / Criminal Law / General, Criminal law & procedure, United States of America, USA, Criminal law: procedure and offences