The collapse of American criminal justice - Stuntz, William J.; ebrary, Inc. (Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: Crime prevention -- United States; Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States; United States -- Race relations; Electronic books