Crime and Punishment in America Book

Ch. 1 Old Crimes in the New World: 1500-1699 1

Ch. 2 A New System of Justice: 1700-1789 21

Ch. 3 The American Experiment: 1790-1829 41

Ch. 4 The American City: 1830-1854 58

Ch. 5 A Nation Dissolved: 1855-1869 81

Ch. 6 East and West: 1870-1889 100

Ch. 7 The Gilded Age and Progressive Era: 1890-1913 121

Ch. 8 Bootleggers and G-Men: 1914-1933 145

Ch. 9 World War II and the Cold War: 1934-1957 170

Ch. 10 Civil Disobedience and Civic Reform: 1958-1970 193

Ch. 11 A Crisis of Confidence: 1971-1981 220

Ch. 12 Responding to Urban Crime: 1982-1992 238

Ch. 13 Crime and justice as Public Issues: 1993 to Present 260

Appendix A Documents 294

Appendix B Biographies of Major Personalities 322

Appendix C Maps 356

Appendix D Graphs and Tables 361

Glossary 370

Notes 376

Bibliography 385

Index 405