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Author Agnew, Jeremy, author.

Title Crime, Justice and retribution in the American West, 1850-1900 / Jeremy Agnew.

Publication Info. Jefferson, NC : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2017.
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Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary Western movies are full of images of swaggering outlaws brought to justice by valiant lawmen shooting them down in daring gunfights before riding off into the sunset. In reality it would not have happened that way. Real lawmen did not simply walk away from a gunfight-they had to face the legal system and justify shooting a civilian in the line of duty. Providing a more realistic view of criminal justice in the Old West, this history focuses on how criminals came into conflict with the law and how the law responded. The process is described in detail, from the common crimes of the day-such as train robbery and cattle theft--to the methods of apprehending criminals to their adjudication and punishment by incarceration, flogging or hanging.
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Subject Crime -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
Crime.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Outlaws -- West (U.S.) -- 19th century.
Outlaws.
Peace officers -- West (U.S.)
Peace officers.
Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- 19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life.
West (U.S.) -- History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology.
West United States.
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form History.
Other Form: Print version: 1476664471 9781476664477 (OCoLC)959536023
ISBN 9781476627786 (electronic book)
1476627789 (electronic book)
9781476664477
1476664471

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