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The Transformation of criminal justice, Philadelphia, 1800-1880 / Allen Steinberg.
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Publication details:
Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina Press, 1989.
Record id:
1606
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Series:
Studies in legal history.
Subject:
Criminal justice, Administration of -- History -- United States.
Contents:
Introduction: The Greatest Luxury of All
Part I: The duality of criminal justice
Chapter 1 courtrooms and cases
Part II: The world of private prosecution
Chapter 2 The aldermen and primary justice
Chapter 3 The courts of record
Chapter 4 The weakness of court officials
Chapter 5 Politics and private prosecution, 1800-1850
Part III: The rise of state prosecution
Chapter 6 The origins of police authority
Chapter 7 Consolidation and compromise
Part IV: The decline of private prosecution
Chapter 8 The impact of consolidation
Chapter 9 The transformation of primary justice.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p.307-322) and index.
ISBN:
0807818445
Phys. description:
ix, 326 p. ; 24 cm