num_pages: 362
description: Exploring the major elements of southern crime and punishment at a time that saw the formation of the fundamental patterns of class and race, Ayers studies the inner workings of the police, prison, and judicial systems, and the nature of crime.
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