The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encyclopedia (5 Volume Set)

2713 Pages·2012·124.07 MB·English

by  Wilbur Miller

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AN ENCYCLOPEDIA
Wilbur R. Miller EditoR
State University of New York at Stony Brook
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Contents
Volume 1
List of Articles vii
Reader’s Guide xvii
About the Editor xxvi
List of Contributors xxvii
Introduction xxxv
Chronology xxxix
Articles
A 1 C 193
B 91 D 427
Volume 2
List of Articles vii
Articles
D (cont.) 463 H 727
E 515 I 811
F 573 J 869
G 661 K 937
Volume 3
List of Articles vii
Articles
L 975 O 1269
M 1053 P 1315
N 1175 Q 1475
Volume 4
List of Articles vii
Articles
R 1479 W 1899
S 1595 X 1979
T 1745 Y 1983
U 1835 Z 1987
V 1857
Volume 5
List of Primary Documents vii
Primary Documents
1600 to 1776 1991
1777 to 1800 2029
1801 to 1850 2063
1851 to 1900 2097
1901 to 1920 2161
1921 to 1940 2201
1941 to 1960 2263
1961 to 1980 2337
1981 to 2000 2407
2001 to 2012 2443
Glossary 2487
Resource Guide 2499
Index 2507
Photo Credits 2606
List of Articles
A Atlanta, Georgia
Ableman v. Booth Attica
Abortion Auburn State Prison
Abrams v. United States Augustus, John
Adair v. United States Autobiographies, Criminals’
Adams, John (Administration of) Automobile and the Police
Adams, John Quincy (Administration of) Aviation and Transportation Security Act of 2001
Adultery
Adversarial Justice B
African Americans Bail and Bond
Alabama Bail Reform Act
Alaska Bailey, F. Lee
Alcatraz Island Prison Bakker, Jim
Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 Ballistics
American Bar Association Baltimore, Maryland
American Civil Liberties Union Barron v. Mayor of Baltimore
American Law Institute Beaumont, Gustave de
American Revolution and Criminal Justice Bedford Hills Correctional Facility
An American Tragedy Berkowitz, David
Anarchists Bertillon System
Anti-Federalist Papers Bible
Antitrust Law Bigamy/Polygamy
Appeals Bill of Rights
Appellate Courts Billy the Kid
Arizona Birmingham, Alabama
Arkansas Black Panthers
Arpaio, Joseph M. Blackstone, William
Arraignment Blood Sports
Arthur, Chester (Administration of) Blue Laws. See State Blue Laws
Articles of Confederation Bodie of Liberties
vii
viii List of Articles
Bodine, Polly Children’s Rights
Boles, Charles Chillicothe Correctional Institution
Bonnie and Clyde Chinese Americans
Book of the General Lawes & Libertyes Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Booth, John Wilkes Chisholm v. Georgia
Bootlegging Christie, Agatha
Borden, Lizzie Cincinnati, Ohio
Border Patrol Citizen Participation on Juries
Boston, Massachusetts Civil Disobedience
Bounty Hunters Civil Rights Act of 1866
Bowers v. Hardwick Civil Rights Act of 1875
Brandenburg v. Ohio Civil Rights Laws
Brennan, William J., Jr. Clayton Anti-Trust Act of 1914
Brocius, William Clemency
Brockway, Zebulon Cleveland, Grover (Administration of)
Brown v. Board of Education Cleveland, Ohio
Brown v. Mississippi Clinton, William (Administration of)
Buchanan, James (Administration of) Clinton Correctional Facility
Buck v. Bell Code of Silence
Bundy, Ted Codification of Laws
Buntline, Ned Cohens v. Virginia
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms Coker v. Georgia
and Explosives Colonial Charters and Grants
Buren, Martin Van (Administration of) Colonial Courts
Burger, Warren Colorado
Burglary, Contemporary Common Law Origins of Criminal Law
Burglary, History of Community Policing and Relations
Burglary, Sociology of Community Service
Bush, George H. W. (Administration of) Compton, California
Bush, George W. (Administration of) Computer Crime
Byrnes, Thomas Comstock Law
Confession
C Confidence Games and Frauds
California Connecticut
Camden, New Jersey Constitution of the United States of America
Caminetti v. United States Convention on the Rights of the Child
Capital Punishment Convict Lease System
Capone, Al Coolidge, Calvin (Administration of)
Carter, Jimmy (Administration of) Corporal Punishment
Chain Gangs and Prison Labor Corrections
Chandler v. Florida Corruption, Contemporary
Chapman, Mark David Corruption, History of
Chicago, Illinois Corruption, Sociology of
Chicago Seven/Democratic National Convention Counterfeiting
of 1968 Court of Common Pleas
Child Abuse, Contemporary Court of Oyer and Terminer
Child Abuse, History of Court of Quarter Sessions
Child Abuse, Sociology of Courts
Child Murderers, History of Courts of Indian Offenses
Children, Abandoned Coverture, Doctrine of
List of Articles ix
Crabtree v. State Drug Abuse and Addiction, History of
Crime and Arrest Statistics Analysis Drug Abuse and Addiction, Sociology of
Crime in America, Causes Drug Enforcement Administration
Crime in America, Distribution Due Process
Crime in America, Types Duren v. Missouri
Crime Prevention Dyer Act
Crime Rates
Crime Scene Investigation E
Criminalization and Decriminalization Earp, Wyatt
Criminology Eastern State Penitentiary
Critical Legal Studies Movement Eddy, Thomas
Cruel and Unusual Punishment Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Administration of)
Cruelty to Animals Eisenstadt v. Baird
Cummings, Homer Electric Chair, History of
Cunningham, Emma Electronic Surveillance
Customs Service as Police Elkins Act of 1903
Czolgosz, Leon Elmira Prison
Embezzlement
D Emergency Quota Act of 1921
Dahmer, Jeffrey Enforcement Acts of 1870–1871
Darrow, Clarence English Charter of Liberties of 1100
Davis v. State Enron
Dayton, Ohio Entrapment
Death Row Environmental Crimes
Declaration of Independence Equality, Concept of
Defendant’s Rights Espionage
Delaware Espionage Act of 1917
Democratic National Convention of 1968. Estes v. Texas
See Chicago Seven/Democratic National Ethics in Government Act of 1978
Convention of 1968 Everleigh Sisters
Dennis v. United States Executions
Deportation
DeSalvo, Albert F
Detection and Detectives Famous Trials
Deterrence, Theory of Fear of Crime
Detroit, Michigan Federal Bureau of Investigation
Devery, William Federal Common Law of Crime
Dewey, Thomas E. Federal Policing
Dillard v. the State of Georgia Federal Prisons
Dillinger, John Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
Dime Novels, Pulps, Thrillers Federalist Papers
Discretionary Decision Making Felonies
District Attorney Ferguson, Colin
Domestic Violence, Contemporary Fillmore, Millard (Administration of)
Domestic Violence, History of Film, Crime in
Domestic Violence, Sociology of Film, Police in
Douglas, William O. Film, Punishment in
Dred Scott v. Sandford Fingerprinting
Drinking and Crime Fish and Game Laws
Drug Abuse and Addiction, Contemporary Fletcher v. Peck