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The Roots of Justice

Crime and Punishment in Alameda County, California, 1870-1910

Lawrence M. Friedman

Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 10/2017
Pages: 351
Subject: History, Law | University of North Carolina
Print ISBN: 9.78E+12
eBook ISBN: 9781469639789

DESCRIPTION

Focusing on a single county at a time when the population grew from 24,000 to 246,000, the authors combine statistical analysis of documentary sources, contemporary newspaper accounts, and exploration in criminal case files to give a detailed reconstruction of the operations of the county's entire criminal justice system. By tracing the process from arrest to trial, sentencing, and punishment, this study will have a profound effect on our perception of American criminal justice.

Originally published in 1981.

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