Borders of Violence and Justice : Mexicans, Mexican Americans, and Law Enforcement in the Southwest, 1835-1935 /

"Brian Behnken offers a sweeping examination of the interactions between Mexican-origin people and law enforcement-both legally codified police agencies and extralegal justice-across the U.S. Southwest (especially Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas) from the 1830s to the 1930s. The long...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Behnken, Brian D. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2022]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Vigilantism.
Race relations.
Mexican Americans.
Law enforcement.
Discrimination in law enforcement.
Mexican Americans > Mexican-American Border Region > History.
Discrimination in law enforcement > Mexican-American Border Region > History.
Vigilantism > Mexican-American Border Region > History > 20th century.
Vigilantism > Mexican-American Border Region > History > 19th century.
Law enforcement > Mexican-American Border Region > History > 20th century.
Law enforcement > Mexican-American Border Region > History > 19th century.
North America > Mexican-American Border Region.
Mexican-American Border Region > History.
Mexican-American Border Region > Race relations.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Reign of blood: the unending Mexican War and the creation of the criminal justice system in the Southwest
  • Mob law: vigilantism as law enforcement in the nineteenth century
  • Stars and shields: the world of Mexican American law enforcement officers
  • Unknown Mex: Mexican and Mexican American criminality and the justice system
  • Bandits everywhere: anti-Mexican violence, Mexican American resistance
  • The pendulum of change: Mexican Americans and law enforcement in a time of transition.

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