Crime and punishment in America / David B. Wolcott and Tom Head.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:American experience (Facts on File, Inc.)
Main Author: Wolcott, David B.
Other Authors: Head, Tom
Language:English
Published: New York : Facts on File, [2010], ©2010.
Series:American experience (Facts on File, Inc.)
Subjects:
Crime > United States > History.
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States > History.
Punishment > United States > History.
Physical Description:xiii, 417 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Old crimes in the New World, 1500-1699
  • A new system of justice, 1700-1789
  • The American experiment, 1790-1829
  • The American city, 1830-1854
  • A nation dissolved, 1855-1869
  • East and West, 1870-1889
  • The Gilded Age and Progressive Era, 1890-1913
  • Bootleggers and G-men, 1914-1933
  • World War II and the Cold War, 1934-1957
  • Civil disobedience and civic reform, 1958-1970
  • A crisis of confidence, 1971-1981
  • Responding to urban crime, 1982-1992
  • Crime and justice as public issues, 1993 to present.