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Author:

Hostettler, John.

Title:

A history of criminal justice in England and Wales / John Hostettler.

Publisher:

North American distributorInternational Specialised Book Services,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

x, 347 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Criminal justice, Administration of--England--History.
Criminal justice, Administration of--Wales--History.
Criminal law--England--History.
Criminal law--Wales--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-320) and index.

Contents:

Placing criminal justice in perspective. Saxon dooms : our early laws -- The Norman influence and the Angevin legacy -- Criminal law in medieval and early modern England -- The common law in danger -- The Commonwealth -- The Whig supremacy and adversary trial -- The jury in the eighteenth century -- Punishment and prisons -- Nineteenth-century crime and policing -- Victorian images -- A century of criminal law reform -- Criminal incapacity -- A revolution in procedure -- Early twentieth century -- Improvement after World War II -- Twenty-first century regression? -- Placing criminal justice in perspective.

ISBN:

1906534799 (e-book)
9781906534790 (e-book)
1904380514
9781904380511 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)231588554

LCCN:

2009287877

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)