num_pages: 368
description: Examines the workings of the criminal justice system of the Southern United States and discusses the influence of class and race on the development of Southern crime and justice
language: English
title: Vengeance and Justice: Crime and Punishment in the Nineteenth-Century American South
titlecomplete: Vengeance and Justice: Crime and Punishment in the Nineteenth-Century American South
genres: History, American History
ratings_count: 23
awards: awardedAt: 504950400000
name: James Willard Hurst Prize
publisher: Oxford University Press