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AUTHOR: McKanna, Clare V., Jr.
TITLE: Alcohol, handguns, and homicide in the American West: a tale
of three counties, 1880-1920.
SOURCE: The Western Historical Quarterly v. 26 (Winter '95) p. 455-82
ABSTRACTS: A discussion of lethal violence in the American West from 1880
to 1920. The writer explores the interrelationships between a
variety of factors and their effects on homicide rates by
examining the criminal records in Douglas County, Nebraska;
Las Animas County, Colorado; and Gila County, Arizona. He
argues that lethal violence levels in the three counties
denote social instability. Such a condition was created, he
contends, by rapid population growth, ethnic diversity,
alcohol, gun culture, and the boomtown effect in mining
communities. He shows that the existence of social instability
appeared as a "subculture of violence" within African-American
society in Douglas County and a more pervasive "regional
culture of violence" within Las Animas and Gila counties. He
maintains that these data prove that lethal violence was
common in the American West.
STANDARD NO: 0043-3810
DATE: 1995
PLACE: United States
LANGUAGE: English
RECORD TYPE: art
CONTENTS: feature article
SUBJECT: Social sciences - Comparative studies.
Homicide.
Violence - United States.
Social history - Methodology - Statistical methods.
Crime and criminals - Western States - History.
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