{"product_id":"criminal-justice-in-the-united-states-1789-1939-9781107401365","title":"Criminal Justice in the United States, 1789-1939","description":"\u003ch2\u003eCriminal Justice in the United States, 1789-1939\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis comprehensive academic text chronicles the development of criminal law in America across 150 years of constitutional history. Spanning from the beginning of the constitutional era in 1789 through the rise of the New Deal order in 1939, this book provides detailed analysis of the transformative changes that shaped America's criminal justice system.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eCoverage and Scope\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Dale examines the fundamental shifts in criminal law during this critical period in American history. The book traces the evolution of four key areas: policing practices, legal frameworks, court systems, and punishment methods. Beyond institutional analysis, Dale provides unique insight into the role of popular justice movements, including lynch mobs, vigilance committees, law-and-order societies, and community shunning practices, demonstrating how these extralegal forces influenced the development of formal criminal justice institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eHistorical Framework\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe text explores the relationship between changes in America's criminal justice system and its constitutional order. This approach provides law students, historians, and criminology researchers with a framework for understanding how legal institutions evolved alongside broader constitutional developments. The book covers both the Constitutional Era's foundational principles and the New Deal Era's transformative reforms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAcademic Applications\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by Cambridge University Press as part of the New Histories of American Law series, this paperback serves as a university textbook for courses in legal history, criminal law, American history, and criminology. The scholarly approach makes it suitable for graduate and undergraduate programs in law, history, and social sciences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDale, Elizabeth:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Elizabeth Dale currently teaches history and law at the University of Florida. Her research focuses on expressions of popular sovereignty, specifically popular efforts to determine and enforce notions of right and wrong, in constitutional orders. She has written several books including the forthcoming Chicago's Trunk Murder: Law and Justice at the Turn of the Century. Her articles have been published in the Law and History Review, the American Historical Review and the Northern Illinois Law Review.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50680828854546,"sku":"9781107401365","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2daecc46-13ba-41c2-9cef-f7444efd9b5a.jpg?v=1733943353","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/criminal-justice-in-the-united-states-1789-1939-9781107401365","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}