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Criminal Justice
Document Type
Book Section
Language
English (en)
Publication Date
2018
Publication Title
Federalism in America: An Encyclopedia
Abstract
The United States has an array of criminal justice systems: one at the federal level, fifty at the state level, and thousands at the level of city and county government. Hence, the notion of an American “criminal justice system”—a single, large and sprawling institutional monolith—fails to account for the basic structure of American federalism.
Keywords
Criminal Justice, Federalism, Law Enforcement, Judicial System, Crime Policy, Courts, Legal Framework, Public Safety, Criminal Law
Publication Citation
Trevor George Gardner & Lisa L. Miller, Criminal Justice, in Federalism in America: An Encyclopedia (Online Edition 2018)
Repository Citation
Gardner, Trevor George and Miller, Lisa L., "Criminal Justice" (2018). Scholarship@WashULaw. 667.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/law_scholarship/667