Crime and the Justice System in America: An Encyclopedia

by Gordon Armstrong and Frank J. Schmalleger

An inter-disciplinary survey of crime and violence in America with historical perspective, but primary entry emphasis focused on the 20th century. Addressing specifically the period from 1960 to the present, this reference also projects into the 21st century with contemporary terminology covering aspects of violent crime, DNA evidence, terrorism, riots, gangs, guns and gun control, AIDS, drug and drug related crime, and corporate and political crime...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313294097
• ISBN13: 9780313294099
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.5"