num_pages: 590
description: In a panoramic history of our criminal justice system from Colonial times to today, one of our foremost legal thinkers shows how America fashioned a system of crime and punishment in its own image.
language: English
title: Crime and Punishment in American History
titlecomplete: Crime and Punishment in American History
genres: Law, Politics, Crime, American History, Nonfiction, True Crime, History
ratings_count: 141
awards: awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: History
publisher: Basic Books