Crime and punishment in Oregon, 1875-1915
Subtitle: a study of four communities
By: Joseph W. Laythe ; with a foreword by Gordon Morris Bakken.
Publisher: Edwin Mellen
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lewiston, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9780773447844
Subjects: Criminal justice, Administration of -- Oregon -- History; Communities -- Oregon -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The rogues of river city; title: Crime and punishment in Portland, Oregon, 1875-1915; title: The river city; title: The settler's laws; title: Tools to the city; title: A city of anonymous victims; title: The benefit of urban anonymity; title: Asserting moral superiority; title: Crime and punishment in Eugene, Oregon, 1897-1915; title: The satellite community; title: Formal law and informal practices; title: Offenses to the moral order; title: Alternate measures; title: Harlots, hanging, and hoolihaning; title: Crime and punishment in Pendleton, Oregon, 1875-1915; title: In god forsaken country; title: The haphazard law; title: Wild, wooly, and tolerant; title: Mixed messages; title: Demimonde on the decline; title: Crime and punishment in Jacksonville, Oregon, 1875-1915; title: A mining town of men the rough-hewn law; title: Naughty neighbors and friends alike; title: Punishment?; title: Conclusion.