No duty to retreat : violence and values in American history and society / Richard Maxwell Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Richard Maxwell, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence--United States--History.

Violence.

Values--United States--History.

Values.

United States--History.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (279 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A discussion of crime, law and society in the USA, which demonstrates that surges in crime since the 1950's 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.

Contents:

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 1850's to the Present; 5 Conclusion: No Duty to Retreat in Retrospect and Prospect; Notes; Index;

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1992.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-251) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-771503-6

0-19-028143-X

1-280-52338-7

0-19-802143-7

1-4294-0736-0

OCLC:

466426882