The Roots of Justice: Crime and Punishment in Alameda County, California, 1870-1910

by Lawrence M. Friedman and Robert V. Percival

Book Overview

Focusing on a single county at a time when the population grew from 24,000 to 246,000, the authors combine statistical analysis of documentary sources, contemporary newspaper accounts, and exploration in criminal case files to give a detailed reconstruction of the operations of the county's entire criminal justice system. By tracing the process from arrest to trial, sentencing, and punishment, this study will have a profound effect on our perception...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807897485
• ISBN13: 9780807897485
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 351 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"