RT Book
T1 Steeped in a culture of violence: murder, racial injustice, and other violent crimes in Texas, 1965-2020
T2 Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest
A2 Jett, Brandon T.
A2 Howell, Kenneth W. 1967-
LA English
PP College Station
PB Texas A&M University Press
YR 2023
ED First edition
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1823913504
AB "This collection of essays examines whether or not a culture of violence exists in modern Texas by examining trends associated with various types of violence within the state as well as the social and political responses to violent behaviors and events from 1965 to the present. Texas history is steeped in brutality and bloodshed, including conflicts between Native American tribes (such as the Comanche and Apache), confrontations between European settlers and indigenous peoples, warfare, violence against slaves, personal feuds, extralegal activities commonly practiced during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, labor strikes and riots, battles between segregationists and civil rights activists, and myriad other incidents. While scholars have argued that industrialization and economic changes coupled with the expansion of state institutions in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries have worked to reduce the frequency and acceptance of violence, recent evidence indicates that the general public does not agree, suggesting instead that a culture of violence has emerged, or perhaps persisted. Beginning with a broad introductory essay, the work proceeds in twelve chapters, each dealing with a specific form of violence. This important and timely collection provides valuable context to discussions on violence in general while providing a close examination of whether or not a culture of violence exists in Texas in the modern era"--
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN HV6533.T4
SN 9781648431333
K1 Violent crimes : Texas : History : 20th century
K1 Violent crimes : Texas : History : 21st century
K1 Murder : Texas : History
K1 Intimate Partner Violence : Texas : History
K1 Hate Crimes : Texas : History
K1 Minorities : Violence against : Texas : History
K1 Gangs : Texas : History
K1 Prison violence : Texas : History
K1 Mass shootings : Texas : History
K1 Texas : Schule : Amok : Mord : Gewalttätigkeit : Kultur : Geschichte