MARC Record from Library of Congress

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100 1 $aLaythe, Joseph W.
245 10 $aCrime and punishment in Oregon, 1875-1915 :$ba study of four communities /$cJoseph W. Laythe ; with a foreword by Gordon Morris Bakken.
260 $aLewiston, N.Y. :$bEdwin Mellen,$cc2008.
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300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- The rogues of river city -- Crime and punishment in Portland, Oregon, 1875-1915 -- The river city -- The settler's laws -- Tools to the city -- A city of anonymous victims -- The benefit of urban anonymity -- Asserting moral superiority -- Crime and punishment in Eugene, Oregon, 1897-1915 -- The satellite community -- Formal law and informal practices -- Offenses to the moral order -- Alternate measures -- Harlots, hanging, and hoolihaning -- Crime and punishment in Pendleton, Oregon, 1875-1915 -- In god forsaken country -- The haphazard law -- Wild, wooly, and tolerant -- Mixed messages -- Demimonde on the decline -- Crime and punishment in Jacksonville, Oregon, 1875-1915 -- A mining town of men the rough-hewn law -- Naughty neighbors and friends alike -- Punishment? -- Conclusion.
650 0 $aCriminal justice, Administration of$zOregon$xHistory.
650 0 $aCommunities$zOregon$xHistory.