A rogue's paradise : crime and punishment in Antebellum Florida, 1821-1861 / James M. Denham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Denham, James M.

Contributor:

American Council of Learned Societies.

Series:

ACLS Humanities E-Book.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime--Florida--History--19th century.

Crime.

Criminal justice, Administration of--Florida--History--19th century.

Criminal justice, Administration of.

Crime--History--19th century--Florida.

Criminal justice, Administration of--History--19th century--Florida.

Florida--History--1821-1865.

Florida.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 385 p. ) ill., maps ;

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, c1997.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

One: Crime, the Law, and Society

Two: Crime and Its Causes

Three: Courts, Judges, and Law Enforcement Officers

Four: Receptacles of Crime: Florida's Judicial Circuits

Five: Crime against Person

Six: Violating the Domestic Sphere: Women, Violence, and Crime

Seven: Crime against Property

Eight: Crime against Public Order and Morality

Nine: Blacks, Crime, and the Law

Ten: Florida's Antebellum Lawmen

Eleven: Catching Criminals on the Antebellum Frontier

Twelve: Jails and Escapes

Thirteen: Outlaw Gangs, Lynch Mobs, and Regulators: Policing the Antebellum Frontier

Fourteen: Our Violent Past: A Heritage of Honor and Frontier

Appendix 1: Legal and Extralegal Executions

Appendix 2: County Seats and Superior/Circuit Courts

Appendix 3: Law and Judicial Officers

Appendix 4: Prosecution Tables by County

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-369) and index.

ISBN:

9780585215426

0585215421

Publisher Number:

2027/heb05196 hdl