RT Book
T1 Crime and punishment in Oregon, 1875 - 1915: a study of four communities
A1 Laythe, Joseph Willard
LA English
PP Lewiston, N.Y. u.a.
PB Edwin Mellen Press
YR 2008
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1617903736
AB Introduction -- The rogues of river city -- Crime and punishment in Portland, Oregon, 1875-1915 -- The river city -- The settler's laws -- Tools to the city -- A city of anonymous victims -- The benefit of urban anonymity -- Asserting moral superiority -- Crime and punishment in Eugene, Oregon, 1897-1915 -- The satellite community -- Formal law and informal practices -- Offenses to the moral order -- Alternate measures -- Harlots, hanging, and hoolihaning -- Crime and punishment in Pendleton, Oregon, 1875-1915 -- In god forsaken country -- The haphazard law -- Wild, wooly, and tolerant -- Mixed messages -- Demimonde on the decline -- Crime and punishment in Jacksonville, Oregon, 1875-1915 -- A mining town of men the rough-hewn law -- Naughty neighbors and friends alike -- Punishment? -- Conclusion
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN HV9955.O7
SN 9780773447844
SN 0773447849
K1 Criminal justice, Administration of : History : Oregon
K1 Communities : History : Oregon
K1 Criminal justice, Administration of : Oregon : History
K1 Communities : Oregon : History
K1 Oregon : Strafjustiz : Geschichte 1875-1915