The collapse of American criminal justice [electronic resource] / William J. Stuntz.
By: Stuntz, William J.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
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BookPublisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, c2011Description: viii, 413 p.Subject(s): Crime prevention -- United States | Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States | United States -- Race relationsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 364.40973 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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