| Description |
viii, 413 p. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: the rule of too much law -- Crime and punishment -- Two migrations -- "The wolf by the ear" -- The past -- Ideals and institutions -- The Fourteenth Amendment's failed promise -- Criminal justice in the gilded age -- A culture war and its aftermath -- Constitutional law's rise, three roads not taken -- Earl Warren's errors -- The rise and fall of crime, the fall and rise of criminal punishment -- The future -- Fixing a broken system -- Epilogue: taming the wolf -- Note on sources and citation form. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Crime prevention -- United States.
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States.
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United States -- Race relations.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780674051751 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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0674051750 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780674062603 (e-book) |
| OCLC # |
EBC3301230 |
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