CriminalJusticeintheUnitedStates,1789–1939

ThisbookchroniclesthedevelopmentofcriminallawinAmerica,fromthebeginningoftheconstitutionalera(1789)throughtheriseoftheNewDealorder(1939).ElizabethDalediscussesthechangesincriminallawduringthatperiod,tracingshiftsinpolicing,law,thecourtsandpunishment.Shealsoanalyzestherolethatpopularjustice–lynchmobs,vigilancecommittees,law-and-ordersocietiesandcommunityshunning–playedinthedevelopmentofAmerica'scriminaljusticesystem.ThisbookexplorestherelationbetweenchangesinAmerica'scriminaljusticesystemanditsconstitutionalorder.