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Item Information       Summary     More Content     More by this author     McIntosh, Kenneth, 1959- authpor.     Subjects     Outlaws -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.     Browse Catalog     by author:      McIntosh, Kenneth, 1959- authpor.       by title:      Outlaws and lawmen [...         MARC Display

Outlaws and lawmen [electronic resource] : crime and punishment in the 1800s / by Kenneth McIntosh. by McIntosh, Kenneth, 1959- authpor. Broomall, Pennsylvania : Mason Crest Publishers, c2011. Subjects Outlaws -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature. Electronic Resource http://hawaii.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=21ABBCCB-240F-46A8-83CF-C61673D3A620 This title is available online; click here to access Electronic Resource https://samples.overdrive.com/outlaws-and-lawmen?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Electronic Resource https://samples.overdrive.com/outlaws-and-lawmen?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Electronic Resource http://images.contentreserve.com/ImageType-100/5603-1/{21ABBCCB-240F-46A8-83CF-C61673D3A620}Img100.jpg ISBN:  9781422296868 (electronic bk.) 1422296865 (electronic bk.) Series:  Daily life in America in the 1800s. Description:  1 online resource : illustrations (some color), color map. Requests:  0 Summary:  American society in the 1800s had a rough edge to it. In a nation made up of people of diverse backgrounds and heritage, social controls needed to be strict and enforceable. The extreme economic inequality of America's cities and the wide-open moral code of the frontier led to a culture of crime and violence that still plagues our country. During the 1800s, professional police forces were established in cities, towns, and territories across the continent. On the frontier, "justice" was often swift and severe, with "hanging judges" making their reputations as representatives of the law in a lawless land. Long prison sentences in miserable conditions were the rule for criminals, and many a prisoner might have preferred the option of a quick execution. Before the reform of the legal system--which is an ongoing process--there was definitely a separate law, and a separate standard of penalties, for the rich and for the poor. The evolution of a humane penal system and a fairer protection of all citizens under the law is an important contribution of 1800s America to the modern world.   Copy/Holding information No Item Information

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