Reviews for Human rights and criminal justice

The average rating for Human rights and criminal justice based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-08-23 00:00:00 Sean Scally This well thumbed book belonged to my mom and was recently given to me---it's well loved and inspired an early interest in history that has continued to this day:)

Review # 2 was written on 2018-10-13 00:00:00 John Sweeney This book is from 1958 & It;s great for 2 reasons, one I expected, one I did not 1) It gives great insight for what some people (represented by the author of course) thought of the presidents in 1958. For example, FDR is not on a pedestal as he is now & given a love.hate treatment citing - for instance his smile was seen by some to show his irresistible charm, to others it showed his "insincerity & deviousness." In this book, the red scare of the 1950s is real and credible and largely ignored by Truman. And the Andrew Jackson chapter has no mention of Indian Removal. Also the blatant right-leaning bias of the author is almost comical. Grover Cleveland is described as "physically unattractive, weighed 260, bull-necked, no gift for oratory" while McKinley was "A gentle dignified man of kindness and sincerity" (no physical description given) 2) The unexpected great thing was the terrific photos & lithographs. You think with the internet & easy access to Library of Congress & the likes, many would have been seen before, but instead it was a treasure trove of unseen (at least for me) presidential images A great find at a local library $5-a-bag book sale!