Crime and Punishment in American History - Lawrence M. Friedman
Table of Contents
Title Page
Dedication
PREFACE
Introduction
I - TIGHT LITTLE ISLANDS: CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN THE COLONIAL PERIOD
I - THE SHAPE AND NATURE OF THE LAW
Criminal Justice: The Common-Law Background
Courts and Procedures
The Organization of Justice: A System of Amateurs
Chapter 2 - THE LAW OF GOD AND MAN
Colonial Religion and Criminal Justice
Victimless Crime; Communal Punishment
Colonial Corrections
The Death Penalty
Salem and Its Witches
Imprisonment
Who Were ...