Crime and punishment in America
By: David Wolcott and Tom Head.
Contributors: Head, Tom.
Publisher: Facts on File, Inc.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780816062478
Subjects: Crime -- United States -- History; Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States -- History; Punishment -- United States -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Old crimes in the New World, 1500-1699; title: A new system of justice, 1700-1789; title: The American experiment, 1790-1829; title: The American city, 1830-1854; title: A nation dissolved, 1855-1869; title: East and West, 1870-1889; title: The gilded age and progressive era, 1890-1913; title: Bootleggers and G-men, 1914-1933; title: World War II and the cold war, 1934-1957; title: Civil disobedience and civic reform, 1958-1971; title: Corruption and decay, 1972-1981; title: Victims' rights and the war on drugs, 1982-1992; title: Domestic terrorism and mandatory sentencing, 1993-2000; title: International terrorism and the changing face of law enforcement, 2001-.