| Description |
347 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Origins of criminal justice in Anglo-Saxon England -- 2. Saxon dooms - our early laws -- 3. The Norman influence and Angevin legacy -- 4. Criminal law in medieval and early modern England -- 5. The common law in danger -- 6. The Commonwealth -- 7. The Whig supremacy and adversary trial -- 8. The jury in the eighteenth century -- 9. Punishment and prisons -- 10. Nineteenth-Century crime and policing -- 11. Victorian images -- 12. A century of criminal law reform -- 13. Criminal incapacity -- 14. A revolution in procedure -- 15. Early twentieth century -- 16. Improvement after World War II -- 17. Twenty-first century regression? -- 18. Placing criminal justice in perspective |
| Summary |
"An introduction to the rich history of criminal justice charting all its main developments from the dooms of Anglo-Saxon times to the rise of the Common Law, struggles for political, legislative and judicial ascendency and the formation of the innovative Criminal Justice System of today." "The book looks at the Rule of Law, the development of the criminal courts and the people who work in them, police forces, the jury, judges, magistrates, crime and punishment. It deals with all the iconic events of criminal justice history and reform to show how criminal justice evolved." --Book Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [311]-320) and index |
| Subject |
Criminal justice, Administration of -- England -- History.
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Criminal justice, Administration of -- Wales -- History.
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Criminal law -- England -- History.
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Criminal law -- Wales -- History.
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| LC no. |
2009287877 |
| ISBN |
1904380514 |
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9781904380511 |
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