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This is the 1993 first edition hardcover of Crime and Punishment in American History by Lawrence M. Friedman who was a Stanford law professor, one of America's foremost legal historians, and someone who could actually make the history of criminal justice genuinely compelling. From colonial stocks and public hangings to the modern prison system and everything in between, Friedman traces how Americans have thought about crime, guilt, and punishment across four centuries. The dust jacket is in vg condition and the book inside is clean with no markings. If you love American history, true crime, law, or just a well-written piece of serious nonfiction, this one delivers.