The collapse of American criminal justice

Stuntz, William J.

The collapse of American criminal justice [electronic resource] / William J. Stuntz. - Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, c2011. - viii, 413 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: the rule of too much law -- Crime and punishment -- Two migrations -- "The wolf by the ear" -- The past -- Ideals and institutions -- The Fourteenth Amendment's failed promise -- Criminal justice in the gilded age -- A culture war and its aftermath -- Constitutional law's rise, three roads not taken -- Earl Warren's errors -- The rise and fall of crime, the fall and rise of criminal punishment -- The future -- Fixing a broken system -- Epilogue: taming the wolf -- Note on sources and citation form.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780674062603 (electronic bk.)




Crime prevention--United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.


United States--Race relations.


Electronic books.

HV7432 / .S78 2011

364.40973