David Wolcott
Biographic Data
| ID | 5839473 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Wolcott |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Wolcott |
| SIGNATURE | WOLCOTT D |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
A History of Modern American Criminal Justice
Focusing on the modern aspects of the subject, from 1900 to the present, this book presents a thematic rather than a chronological approach to modern American criminal justice, with chapters organised around themes such as policing, courts, due process, and prison and punishment
Juvenile Justice before Juvenile Court
Progressive Era campaigns to establish juvenile courts maintained that police and criminal courts failed to distinguish between children and adults. They suggested that law enforcement agencies either sentenced juveniles as if they were adults, imposing excessive punishments, or let kids go, failing to discipline them and encouraging them to commit further crimes. However, this case study of juvenile arrests in turn-of-the-century Detroit indicat…
Murder in New York City
The dramatic increase in American murder rates in the late 1980s—and the equally dramatic decrease in the late 1990s—seem to have fostered renewed interest in the history of homicide. Among the most prominent recent works is Eric H. Monkkonen's Murder in New York City. This book sets a new standard for research on the subject. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including coroners' inquests, newspaper articles, and reports by police, health depar…
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Murder in New York City
The dramatic increase in American murder rates in the late 1980s—and the equally dramatic decrease in the late 1990s—seem to have fostered renewed interest in the history of homicide. Among the most prominent recent works is Eric H. Monkkonen's Murder in New York City. This book sets a new standard for research on the subject. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including coroners' inquests, newspaper articles, and reports by police, health depar…
Juvenile Justice before Juvenile Court
Progressive Era campaigns to establish juvenile courts maintained that police and criminal courts failed to distinguish between children and adults. They suggested that law enforcement agencies either sentenced juveniles as if they were adults, imposing excessive punishments, or let kids go, failing to discipline them and encouraging them to commit further crimes. However, this case study of juvenile arrests in turn-of-the-century Detroit indicat…
A History of Modern American Criminal Justice
Focusing on the modern aspects of the subject, from 1900 to the present, this book presents a thematic rather than a chronological approach to modern American criminal justice, with chapters organised around themes such as policing, courts, due process, and prison and punishment
Criminology (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Criminal justice (2 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (2 works) · Economic Justice (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (1 work)