Crime and the Frontier Mores

Elliott, Mabel A.

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“…Proponents of the Wild West Hypothesis have contended that American contemporary violence reflects the frontier heritage of the 19th century (Brown, 1975; Drago, 1970; Elliott, 1944; Frantz, 1969; McGrath, 1984; McKanna, 1997; Rosa, 1969). Specifically, previous studies argued that much of America’s contemporary criminal behavior may stem from the frontier heritage of lawlessness (Elliott, 1944), which “encouraged the idea and practice of violence” (Frantz, 1969, p. 151).…”

Section: The Wild West Hypothesismentioning

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Violent Roots

Neuilly

Stout

Lee

2013

J Interpers Violence

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Was the American Western Frontier a violent place? While many agree with the popular Wild West conception, others argue for a Workaday, quiet version of the West. The Wild West/Workaday West debate is an important one because some argue that current levels of violence in the United States are a result of the Western history of violence. Unfortunately, establishing such a history of violence is difficult because of methodological issues. We propose here to address these methodological issues and participate in the Wild West/Workaday West debate. We examine two death records sources for Walla Walla and Spokane counties in Eastern Washington between 1903 and 1907. We find that the two Northwestern counties under study were more violent at the beginning of the 20th century than at the beginning of the 21st century, even though Walla Walla was significantly less violent than Spokane.

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Section: The Wild West Hypothesismentioning

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Violent Roots

Neuilly

Stout

Lee

2013

J Interpers Violence

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You gotta fight for your right? Publicly assigned but privately enforced property rights

Edwards

Robinson

2019

International Review of Law and Economics

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Enclaves of Violence in Nineteenth- Century California

McKanna

2004

Pacific Historical Review

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This essay examines homicide data (1,317 cases) collected from newspapers, coroners' inquests, and criminal court records in San Diego, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Calaveras, and Tuolumne counties, which were selected because of regional and ethnic variation. The gold rush enticed thousands of young males who spent their leisure hours drinking and gambling in mining camps. Factors such as the boomtown effect and the critical convergence of young men, guns, alcohol, and minor grievances came together to create "enclaves of violence" in these gold camps, in Chinatowns, and in San Diego Indian lands. With the exception of Chinatowns, these enclaves lacked a sense of community. Consequently, they created the image of a violent society and re�ect the reality that parts of California, at certain times and places, were indeed violent.

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Crime and the Frontier Mores

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Violent Roots

You gotta fight for your right? Publicly assigned but privately enforced property rights

Enclaves of Violence in Nineteenth- Century California

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