Title: Crime and the American penal system /
Authors: American Academy of Political and Social Science.; Schwartz, Louis B.; Schwartz, Louis B.,
Date: 1962
Physical description: viii, 241 pages ; 24 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: H
Contents: Foreword / Louis B. Schwartz -- The American penal system : spirit and technique / Louis B. Schwartz -- Crime and delinquency in the United States : an over-all view / Thorsten Sellin -- On culpability and crime : the treatment of 'Men Rea' in the model penal code / Herbert Wechsler -- Offenses of violence against the person / Rex A. Collings, Jr. -- Offenses against property / Francis A. Allen -- Offenses against the state / Herbert L. Packer -- Police authority and practices / Richard C. Donnelly -- Procedures before trial / Frank W. Miller and Frank J. Remington -- The Trial of offenders / Robert E. Knowlton -- The Sentence and treatment of offenders / James V. Bennett -- Juvenile delinquents and their treatment / Paul W. Tappan and Ivan Nicolle -- Some main trends in American anthropology / Gene Weltfish.
Subject headings (LCSH): Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.; Criminal law--United States.