Criminal violence, criminal justice /
Charles E. Silberman.
- New York : Vintage Books, 1980, c1978.
- xxii, 745 p. ; 18 cm.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [681]-717.
Foreword -- Fear -- As American as Jesse James -- Robber, hustlers, and other dudes -- Poverty and crime -- "Beware the day they change their minds": race, culture, and crime -- "The insufficiency of human institutions": an introduction to the criminal justice system -- The wisdom of Solomon, the patience of Job: what the police do--and won't do -- Perry Mason in Wonderland: what happens in criminal court -- Juvenile justice: "How could it have happened when we were so sincere?" -- "To reclimb the slope": the limits of correctional reform -- Afterword: "Whatever is, is possible" -- Appendix: notes on crime statistics -- Notes -- Bibliography.
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Crime--United States. Criminal justice, Administration of--United States. Violence--United States. Criminología--Estados Unidos. Violencia--Estados Unidos. Administración de justicia penal--Estados Unidos. Criminología -- Evolución -- Estados Unidos .