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Montana Justice
Power, Punishment, and the Penitentiary
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Artikel-Nr:
9780295984438
Veröffentl:
2004
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.09.2004
Seiten:
200
Autor:
Keith Edgerton
Gewicht:
308 g
Format:
229x155x13 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Keith Edgerton is associate professor of history at Montana State University-Billings.
Since the days of the Wild West, Montanans have struggled to be tough on crime with limited resources; this social history of the Montana penitentiary focuses on its early days under a corrupt warden.
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Majesty of the Law: Vigilatism and Western Prisons2. Penitentiary on a Shoestring3. "The Accursed Thing": The Territorial Penitentiary4. No Warden More Efficient: Frank Conley5. Getting Tough on Crime: 1921 to the PresentNotesBibliographyIndex