History of Criminal Justice

Download or read book History of Criminal Justice written by Mark Jones and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-07-22 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering criminal justice history on a cross-national basis, this book surveys criminal justice in Western civilization and American life chronologically from ancient times to the present. It is an introduction to the historical problems of crime, law enforcement and penology, set against the background of major historical events and movements. Integrating criminal justice history into the scope of European, British, French and American history, this text provides the opportunity for comparisons of crime and punishment over boundaries of national histories. The text now concludes with a chapter that addresses terrorism and homeland security.