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- catalog abstract "As a beginning point for actually measuring lethal violence and assessing the administration of justice, here at last is a detailed and well-documented study of homicide in the American West. Comparing data from representative areas - Douglas County, Nebraska; Las Animas County, Colorado; and Gila County, Arizona - this book reveals a level of violence far greater than many historians have believed, even surpassing eastern cities like New York and Boston. Clashing cultures and transient populations, a boomtown mentality, easy availability of alcohol and firearms: these and many other factors come under scrutiny as catalysts in the violence that permeated the region. By comparing homicide data - including coroner's inquests, indictments, plea bargains, and sentences - across both racial and regional lines, the book also offers persuasive evidence that criminal justice systems of the Old West were weighted heavily in favor of defendants who were white and against those who were African American, Native American, or Mexican. Packed with information, this is a book for students and scholars of western history, social history, criminology, and justice studies. Western history buffs will be captivated by colorful anecdotes about the real West, where guns could and did blaze over anything from love trysts to vendettas to too much foam on the beer.".
- catalog contributor b10269323.
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description "1. Critical Convergences in the American West: The Roots of Lethal Violence -- 2. Murder Most Foul: Comparative Homicide Data -- 3. Seeds of Destruction: The Black Experience in Omaha, Nebraska -- 4. The Violent West: Social Instability in Las Animas County, Colorado -- 5. Red versus White: The Apache Experience in Gila County, Arizona -- 6. Lethal Violence: An Appraisal.".
- catalog description "As a beginning point for actually measuring lethal violence and assessing the administration of justice, here at last is a detailed and well-documented study of homicide in the American West. Comparing data from representative areas - Douglas County, Nebraska; Las Animas County, Colorado; and Gila County, Arizona - this book reveals a level of violence far greater than many historians have believed, even surpassing eastern cities like New York and Boston.".
- catalog description "Clashing cultures and transient populations, a boomtown mentality, easy availability of alcohol and firearms: these and many other factors come under scrutiny as catalysts in the violence that permeated the region. By comparing homicide data - including coroner's inquests, indictments, plea bargains, and sentences - across both racial and regional lines, the book also offers persuasive evidence that criminal justice systems of the Old West were weighted heavily in favor of defendants who were white and against those who were African American, Native American, or Mexican. Packed with information, this is a book for students and scholars of western history, social history, criminology, and justice studies. Western history buffs will be captivated by colorful anecdotes about the real West, where guns could and did blaze over anything from love trysts to vendettas to too much foam on the beer.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-201) and index.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 206 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Homicide, race, and justice in the American West, 1880-1920.".
- catalog identifier "0816517088 (cloth : acid-free paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Homicide, race, and justice in the American West, 1880-1920.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Tucson : University of Arizona Press,".
- catalog relation "Homicide, race, and justice in the American West, 1880-1920.".
- catalog spatial "West (U.S.)".
- catalog subject "364.1/523/0978 20".
- catalog subject "Criminal justice, Administration of West (U.S.) History.".
- catalog subject "Discrimination in criminal justice administration West (U.S.) History.".
- catalog subject "HV6533.W46 M34 1997".
- catalog subject "Homicide West (U.S.) History.".
- catalog subject "Violence West (U.S.) History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Critical Convergences in the American West: The Roots of Lethal Violence -- 2. Murder Most Foul: Comparative Homicide Data -- 3. Seeds of Destruction: The Black Experience in Omaha, Nebraska -- 4. The Violent West: Social Instability in Las Animas County, Colorado -- 5. Red versus White: The Apache Experience in Gila County, Arizona -- 6. Lethal Violence: An Appraisal.".
- catalog title "Homicide, race, and justice in the American West, 1880-1920 / Clare V. McKanna, Jr.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".