Sources: The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encyclopedia

Abstract

Q. HV6779.S63 2012 v.1-5 This encyclopedia covers comprehensively the field of crime and punishment in the United States from the colonial era to the present day, including crime, policing, courts and law, imprisonment, theoretical and philosophical issues. Special features include history of crime and criminal justice of individual states and treatment of crime and criminal justice under different presidential administrations. Each volume contains a list of articles/entries. Volume 1 also contains a reader's guide , organizing entries by type or subject heading, and a brief chronology of major historical events. Volume 5 contains facsimiles of primary documents, introductory headnotes, and background chronological essays; a glossary, resource guide, and index.