Origins of criminal justice in Anglo-Saxon England -- Saxon dooms : our early laws -- Norman influence and the Angevin legacy -- Criminal law in medieval and early modern England -- Common law in danger -- Commonwealth -- Whig supremacy and adversary trial -- Jury in the eighteenth century -- Punishment and prisons -- Nineteenth-century crime and policing -- Victorian images -- Century of criminal law reform -- Criminal incapacity -- Revolution in procedure -- Early twentieth century -- Improvement after World War II -- Twenty-first century regression? -- Placing criminal justice in perspective
Summary
"An ideal 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."--Back cover
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-320) and index
