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Criminal Justice in America by Roscoe Pound, with a new introduction by Ron Christenson is a education title available to read on EtoBox.

What is Criminal Justice in America about?

Roscoe Pound believed that unless the criminal justice system maintains stability while adapting to change, it will either fossilize or be subject to the whims of public opinion. In Criminal Justice in America, Pound recognizes the dangers law faces when it does not keep pace with societal change. When the home, neighborhood, and religion are no longer capable of social control, increased conflicts arise, laws proliferate, and new menaces wrought by technology, drugs, and juvenile delinquency flourish. Where Pound saw the influence of the motion pictures as part of the \"multiplication of the agencies of menace,\" today we might cite television and the Internet. His point still holds true: The \"old machinery\" cannot meet the evolving needs of society. In Criminal Justice in America, Pound points out that one aspect of the criminal justice problem is a rigid mechanical approach that resists change. The other dimension of the problem is that change, when it comes, will result from the pressure of public opinion. Justice suffers when the public is moved by the oldest of public feelings, vengeance. This can result in citizens taking the law into their own hands—from tax evasion to mo

Who reads Criminal Justice in America?

Author

Roscoe Pound, with a new introduction by Ron Christenson

Publisher

Transaction Publishers

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9781138521520

Category

education

Subjects

Law, Sociology, Social Science

Rating

4.4 / 5 (76 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14