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... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > social history of crime > history of the American criminal justice system > American Revolution and criminal justice

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American Revolution and criminal justice  

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  • 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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