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The transformation of criminal justice: Philadelphia, 1800-1880

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Allen Steinberg brings to life the court-centred criminal justice system of 19th-century Philadelphia, chronicles its eclipse, and contrasts it to the system - dominated by the police and public prosecutor - that replaced it.

He offers a major reinterpretation of criminal justice in 19th-century America by examining this transformation from private to state prosecution.

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0807864757 / 9780807864753
eBook (Adobe Pdf, EPUB)
31/12/1989
English
288 pages
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