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The machinery of criminal justice /

Presenting a survey of how the legal process in the US has changed over two centuries, this text calculates the social cost of a prevailing quest for efficiency that has seen both courts and corrections removed from public control & placed in the hands of professionals.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bibas, Stephanos
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Criminal justice, Administration of > United States.
Justice pénale > Administration > États-Unis.
LAW.
Criminal Law.
Criminal Procedure.
Criminal justice, Administration of
United States
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Presenting a survey of how the legal process in the US has changed over two centuries, this text calculates the social cost of a prevailing quest for efficiency that has seen both courts and corrections removed from public control & placed in the hands of professionals.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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