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Crime and punishment in America

Title
Crime and punishment in America / editor, Judith F. Buncher, assistant editor, Mark Henry Lazerson.
Publication
New York : Facts on File, ©1978.

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Additional Authors
  • Buncher, Judith F.
  • Lazerson, Mark Henry.
  • Facts on File, Inc.
Description
295 pages : illustrations; 29 cm
Summary
Contains reprints of newspaper articles discussing various aspects of crime.
Subject
  • Criminal justice, Administration of > United States
  • Crime > United States
  • Punishment > United States
  • Crime
  • Criminal justice, Administration of
  • Punishment
  • United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The enigma of crime -- Youth and the law -- Delinquent youth: in need of treatment or punishment? -- Drug abuse: should it be criminal? -- The criminal process -- The Bill of Rights: protecting criminals or our liberties? -- Crowded courts: any room for justice? -- Lawyers: justice only for the rich? -- Sentencing -- The federal criminal code: advance or retreat? -- Mandatory sentences: punishing the crime or the criminal? -- Capital punishment: is it cruel or unusual? -- Alternative sentences: is true restitution possible? -- The penal system -- Behind the prison walls: is there any law or order? -- Rehabilitation and parole: reform or reinforcement?
ISBN
  • 0871963558
  • 9780871963550
LCCN
78050359
OCLC
  • ocm03729308
  • 3729308
  • SCSB-109319
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library