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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Behnken, Brian D. (Author)
Corporate Author:	ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2022]
Subjects:	Law enforcement > Mexican-American Border Region > History > 19th century. Law enforcement > Mexican-American Border Region > History > 20th century. Vigilantism > Mexican-American Border Region > History > 19th century. Vigilantism > Mexican-American Border Region > History > 20th century. Discrimination in law enforcement > Mexican-American Border Region > History. Mexican Americans > Mexican-American Border Region > History. Mexican-American Border Region > History. Mexican-American Border Region > Race relations. Vigilantism. Race relations. Mexican Americans. Law enforcement. Discrimination in law enforcement. North America > Mexican-American Border Region. Electronic books.
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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.