The Collapse of American Criminal Justice.
Stuntz, William J.
The Collapse of American Criminal Justice. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (425 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: The Rule of Too Much Law -- I. Crime and Punishment -- 1. Two Migrations -- 2. "The Wolf by the Ear" -- II. The Past -- 3. Ideals and Institutions -- 4. The Fourteenth Amendment's Failed Promise -- 5. Criminal Justice in the Gilded Age -- 6. A Culture War and Its Aftermath -- 7. Constitutional Law's Rise: Three Roads Not Taken -- 8. Earl Warren's Errors -- 9. The Rise and Fall of Crime, the Fall and Rise of Criminal Punishment -- III. The Future -- 10. Fixing a Broken System -- Epilogue: Taming the Wolf -- Note on Sources and Citation Form -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Rule of law has vanished in America's criminal justice system. Prosecutors decide whom to punish; most accused never face a jury; policing is inconsistent; plea bargaining is rampant; and draconian sentencing fills prisons with mostly minority defendants. A leading criminal law scholar looks to history for the roots of these problems--and solutions.
9780674062603
Crime prevention-United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of-United States.
United States-Race relations.
Electronic books.
HV7432
364.40973
The Collapse of American Criminal Justice. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (425 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: The Rule of Too Much Law -- I. Crime and Punishment -- 1. Two Migrations -- 2. "The Wolf by the Ear" -- II. The Past -- 3. Ideals and Institutions -- 4. The Fourteenth Amendment's Failed Promise -- 5. Criminal Justice in the Gilded Age -- 6. A Culture War and Its Aftermath -- 7. Constitutional Law's Rise: Three Roads Not Taken -- 8. Earl Warren's Errors -- 9. The Rise and Fall of Crime, the Fall and Rise of Criminal Punishment -- III. The Future -- 10. Fixing a Broken System -- Epilogue: Taming the Wolf -- Note on Sources and Citation Form -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Rule of law has vanished in America's criminal justice system. Prosecutors decide whom to punish; most accused never face a jury; policing is inconsistent; plea bargaining is rampant; and draconian sentencing fills prisons with mostly minority defendants. A leading criminal law scholar looks to history for the roots of these problems--and solutions.
9780674062603
Crime prevention-United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of-United States.
United States-Race relations.
Electronic books.
HV7432
364.40973