Policing the Elephant
Subtitle: Crime, Punishment, and Social Behavior on the Overland Trail
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Huntington Library Press; Huntington Library
Published: January 1, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9780873281591
Subjects: American history: c 1500 to c 1800; Crime & criminology; U.S. History - Westward Expansion; Frontier and pioneer life; Criminology (General); West (U.S.); History - U.S; Sociology; USA; History; Criminology; United States - State & Local - West; History / General; Criminal justice, Administrati; 19th century; Crime; Criminal justice, Administration of
Description: In this volume John Reid examines criminal activity and its consequences among travelers on the Overland Trail in the early nineteenth century. Professor Reid consulted hundreds of primary sources in several repositories to discover how justice was meted out - without police, prosecuting attorneys, or constituted courts. The book is a companion to Law for the Elephant: Property and Social Behavior on the Overland Trail (San Marino: 1980, 1997).