Without fear or shame: Lynching, capital punishment and the subculture of violence in the American south

Recent studies of lynching have focused on structural theories that have been tested with demographic, economic and electoral data without much explanatory success. This article suggests that lynching was largely a reflection of a facilitating subculture of violence within which these atrocities wer...

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Main Author: Clarke, James W. (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
Published: 1998
In: British journal of political science
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Keywords:
Einflussgröße
Gewalttätigkeit
Gruppe
Innere Sicherheit
Institution > Soziologie
Kultur
Kulturstandard
Lynchjustiz
Norm > Ethik
Psychologie
Rassismus
Selbstjustiz
Todesstrafe
USA
Usa
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