Risa Goluboff: 1 book
Vagrant Nation
Police Power, Constitutional Change, and the Making of the 1960s
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2016
In 1950s America, it was remarkably easy for police to arrest almost anyone for almost any reason. The criminal justice system-and especially the age-old law of vagrancy-served not only to maintain safety and order but also to enforce conventional standards of morality and propriety. A person could...
