A history of modern American criminal justice [electronic resource] / Joseph F. Spillane, David B. Wolcott.
Publication details: Thousand Oaks, [Calif.] : SAGE, c2013.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 343 p.) : illISBN:- 9781452244198 (ebook) :
- 364.97309 23
- HV9950 .S667 2013

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Focusing on the modern aspects of the subject, from 1900 to the present, this book presents a thematic rather than a chronological approach to modern American criminal justice, with chapters organised around themes such as policing, courts, due process, and prison and punishment.
Specialized.
Description based on print version record.