[Rarebooks] Criminal Law [XLII]

[Joe Luttrell]

A selection of works which we have in stock on criminal law and
related matters; for others, please feel free to browse our web
site, where you may search our entire inventory by any word or
phrase:  www.meyerbos.com

1.  WILBANKS, William.  The Myth of a Racist Criminal Justice
System.  Brooks/Cole Publishing Company, Monterey, 1987.  Printed
wraps, a good copy; 207 pages. [90123]                    $ 45.00

2.  WILLETT, T.C.  Criminal on the Road, A Study of Serious
Motoring Offences and Those Who Commit Them.  Tavistock
Publications, London, 1964.  [10803 12L43L65L75]          $ 35.00

With a foreword by  Hermann Mannheim, who compliments Dr. Willett's
"pioneer research"; published in the series International Library
of Criminology, Delinquency and Deviant Social Behaviour.

3.  WILLS, Antoinette.  Crime and Punishment in Revolutionary
Paris.  Greenwood Press, Westport, 1981.  [12683 L49]     $ 22.50

4.  WILSON, Paul R.  The Other Side of Rape.  University of
Queensland Press, St. Lucia, 1978.  Printed wraps with a bit of ink
underlining, presentation copy. [90087]                   $ 25.00

5.  [WINES, Enoch C.].  International Congress on the Prevention
and Repression of Crime, Including Penal and Reformatory Treatment:
Preliminary Report of the Commissioner.  Government Printing
Office, Washington, 1872.  Original cloth, rubbed, the spine
defective; a working copy. [67108 L70L71L72L75]           $ 75.00

The influential report undertaken by Wines as the official United
States representative to the Congress, his broad-gauged creative
intellect spurring penal reform in late 19th century America; with
much comparative data upon nine European countries.

6.  WINSLOW, Forbes.  The Plea of Insanity, in Criminal Cases.
Cohen 8839.  Charles C. Little and James Brown, Boston, 1843.
Original blind-embossed cloth, gilt, paper label; a very good copy.
[67251 L70L71L72L75] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=67251     $ 450.00

Best edition of Winslow's influential work, in which "moral
insanity was taken up in full force", contrasting the intellectual
and moral capabilities of committing a crime; with the appendix of
cases involving moral delusions not in other editions.

7.  WISHMAN, Seymour.  Anatomy of a Jury.  Penguin Books, New York,
1987.  Printed wraps; 322 pages. [63542]                  $ 15.00

8.  WOLFGANG, Marvin E., et al. (comps.).  Criminal Violence and
Race, A Selected Bibliography.  U.S. Department of Justice,
Washington, 1981.  Oversized stapled wraps, sound; 79 pages.
[90125]                                                   $ 65.00

9.  WOLFGANG, Marvin E., et al. (comps.).  Domestic Criminal
Violence, A Selected Bibliography.  U.S. Department of Justice,
Washington, 1981.  Oversized wraps, a bit wrinkled, but quite
sound; 363 pages. [90124]                                 $ 65.00

10.  WOLFGANG, Marvin E.  Youth and Violence.  U.S. Department of
Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, 1970.  Stapled wraps;
91 pages. [90154]                                         $ 15.00
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