Umfang:
1 online resource (289 pages)
ISBN:
9780198021438
Inhalt:
A discussion of crime, law and society in the USA, which demonstrates that surges in crime since the 1950s have coincided with the emergence of the post-industrial society. It examines the growing popularity of the concept that persons under physical attack have the right to defend themselves.
Inhalt:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1: No Duty to Retreat in Law and the American Mind -- 2: The Gunfighter: The Reality Behind the Myth -- 3: California Conflict and the American Dream -- 4: The Persistence of No Duty to Retreat: Crime, Law, and Society in America from the 1850s to the Present -- 5: Conclusion: No Duty to Retreat in Retrospect and Prospect -- Notes -- Index.
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Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780195045109
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780195045109
Sprache:
Englisch
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=272390
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