1st Edition

Criminal Justice in America

By Roscoe Pound Copyright 1998
236 Pages
by Routledge

250 Pages
by Routledge

236 Pages
by Routledge

Roscoe Pound believed that unless the criminal justice system maintains stability while adapting to change, it will either fossilize or be subject to the whims of public opinion. In Criminal Justice in America, Pound recognizes the dangers law faces when it does not keep pace with societal change. When the home, neighborhood, and religion are no longer capable of social control, increased... Read more
I: The Problem of Criminal Justice; II: The Difficulties of Criminal Justice; III: Our Inheritance from England; 4: Criminal Justice in Nineteenth-Century America; V: Criminal Justice Today

Biography

Roscoe Pound