Lynchings and Legal Executions in the South
Publication Date: 01/01/2006
Why did some offenses in the South end in mob lynchings while similar crimes led to legal executions? Why did still other cases have nonlethal outcomes? In this well-researched and timely book, Margaret Vandiver explores the complex relationship between these two forms of lethal punishment, challenging the assumption that executions consistently grew out of - and replaced - lynchings. Vandiver begins by examining the incidence of these practices in three culturally and geographically distinct southern regions. In rural northwest Tennessee, lynchings outnumbered legal executions by eleven to one and many African Americans were lynched for racial caste offenses rather than for actual crimes.
- ISBN:
- 9780813537283
- 9780813537283
- Category:
- Penology & punishment
- Publication Date:
- 01-01-2006
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Rutgers University Press
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Dimensions (mm):
- 228.6x152.4mm
- Weight:
- 0.59kg
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