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Preferred term
American Revolution and criminal justice
Definition
- The American Revolution greatly shaped the criminal justice system in what would become the United States. The criminal justice systems in place before this time had been imported from Europe. [Source: The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encylopedia; American Revolution and Criminal Justice]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/American_Revolution_and_criminal_justice
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