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The collapse of american criminal justice book, 2011. Stuntz belknap press of harvard university press, 2011. Im barely halfway through, but already the book has me thinking differently about incarceration. In the collapse of american criminal justice, a majestic book that is the capstone of an equally majestic career, william stuntz documents the pathologies of the american criminal justice system and traces their causes by engaging in a probing and provocative look at american history. Criminal injustice and democracy in america responding to nicola lacey, humanizing the criminal justice machine. William stuntz was the popular and wellrespected henry j. It is well worth a read for those who are interested in the big picture issues surrounding the american criminal justice system. The collapse of american criminal justice by william j. The interlocking network of law enforcement agencies, courts, and corrections institutions designed to enforce criminal laws and protect society from criminal behavior. The collapse of american criminal justice takes us deep into the dramatic history of american crimebar fights in nineteenthcentury chicago, new orleans bordellos, prohibition, and decades of murderous lynching. Overall, the collapse of american criminal justice is a wellwritten, insightful, and important book, but a comparison with the empirical work of kennedy and kleiman strongly suggests that several of stuntzs recommendations to improve american criminal justice are impractical or unwise.