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Title:
A history of criminal justice in England and Wales [eBook]
Format:
Electronic Resources
ISBN:
9781906534790
Publication Information:
Hook, Hampshire : Waterside Press ; 2009.

Portland, Or. : North American distributor, International Specialised Book Services, 2009.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (x, 347 p.)
Contents:
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.
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