Download or read book Troubled Experiment written by Jack D. Marietta and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2006-09-26 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Troubled Experiment exposes the difference between glowing reputation and grim reality of crime in early Pennsylvania. The plight of lawmakers and magistrates, and the sufferings of victims, women, children, and minorities take their places in this tragedy. The authors conclude that through this lens, we see the troubled future of America.

Download or read book Criminal Justice in Pennsylvania written by Ellen G. Cohn and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2005-03 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This state-specific guide to criminal justice includes comprehensive coverage of criminal law and the courts, the police, corrections and the juvenile justice system. Also included are state-specific crime statistics as well as coverage of sentencing, drugs and crime and capital punishment.

Download or read book The Transformation of Criminal Justice written by Allen Steinberg and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2000-11-09 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Allen Steinberg brings to life the court-centered criminal justice system of nineteenth-century Philadelphia, chronicles its eclipse, and contrasts it to the system -- dominated by the police and public prosecutor -- that replaced it. He offers a major reinterpretation of criminal justice in nineteenth-century America by examining this transformation from private to state prosecution and analyzing the discontinuity between the two systems. Steinberg first establishes why the courts were the sources of law enforcement, authority, and criminal justice before the advent of the police. He shows how the city's system of private prosecution worked, adapted to massive social change, and came to dominate the culture of criminal justice even during the first decades following the introduction of the police. He then considers the dilemmas that prompted reform, beginning with the establishment of a professional police force and culminating in the restructuring of primary justice. Making extensive use of court dockets, state and municipal government publications, public speeches, personal memoirs, newspapers, and other contemporary records, Steinberg explains the intimate connections between private prosecution, the everyday lives of ordinary people, and the conduct of urban politics. He ties the history of Philadelphia's criminal courts closely to related developments in the city's social and political evolution, making a contribution not only to the study of criminal justice but also to the larger literature on urban, social, and legal history. Originally published in 1989. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

Download or read book Analysis of the Pennsylvania Criminal Justice System written by Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. Division of Criminal Justice Statistics and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Pennsylvania Standards for the Criminal Justice System written by Pennsylvania Joint Council on the Criminal Justice System and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Pennsylvania s Criminal Justice System written by Mary P. Brewster and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pennsylvania's Criminal Justice System provides a comprehensive overview of the crime trends, criminal law, and the criminal and juvenile justice processes within the Commonwealth. The text describes the structure and role of the state's federal, state, and local level police, courts, and corrections agencies. Also addressed in the book are crime victim services within Pennsylvania, as well as the important rights afforded to victims through the Crime Victim's Act and other legislation. This text affords the undergraduate student reader a deep understanding of the structure and processes of Pennsylvania's criminal justice system - far beyond that which can be provided by a generic, non- state-specific text. The book is also an excellent resource for law students who anticipate practicing within the Commonwealth.

Download or read book Summary of Pennsylvania Criminal Justice Statistics written by Pennsylvania. Bureau of Criminal Justice Statistics and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Criminal Justice in Pennsylvania written by Jay S. Albanese and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1999-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This brief booklet contains state-specific information on Pennsylvania's correctional system, law enforcement, sentencing, juvenile justice, and organizations. Valuepack this item for free with any Allyn & Bacon Criminal Justice text.

Download or read book Improving Pennsylvania s Criminal Justice System Through Upgraded Standards and Goals written by Pennsylvania Committee for Criminal Justice Standards and Goals and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Machinery of Criminal Justice written by Stephanos Bibas and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-02-28 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two centuries ago, American criminal justice was run primarily by laymen. Jury trials passed moral judgment on crimes, vindicated victims and innocent defendants, and denounced the guilty. But since then, lawyers have gradually taken over the process, silencing victims and defendants and, in many cases, substituting plea bargaining for the voice of the jury. The public sees little of how this assembly-line justice works, and victims and defendants have largely lost their day in court. As a result, victims rarely hear defendants express remorse and apologize, and defendants rarely receive forgiveness. This lawyerized machinery has purchased efficient, speedy processing of many cases at the price of sacrificing softer values, such as reforming defendants and healing wounded victims and relationships. In other words, the U.S. legal system has bought quantity at the price of quality, without recognizing either the trade-off or the great gulf separating lawyers' and laymen's incentives, values, and powers. In The Machinery of Criminal Justice, author Stephanos Bibas surveys the developments over the last two centuries, considers what we have lost in our quest for efficient punishment, and suggests ways to include victims, defendants, and the public once again. Ideas range from requiring convicts to work or serve in the military, to moving power from prosecutors to restorative sentencing juries. Bibas argues that doing so might cost more, but it would better serve criminal procedure's interests in denouncing crime, vindicating victims, reforming wrongdoers, and healing the relationships torn by crime.