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Published by Ohio State University Press, Colombus, 1998
ISBN 10: 0933784228ISBN 13: 9780933784222
Seller: Goulds Book Arcade, Sydney, Newtown, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. This is Volume 20 only. 449 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Size: Size F: 9"-10" Tall (228-254mm).
Published by The Ohio State University Press, Colombus, 2012
ISBN 10: 0814211925ISBN 13: 9780814211922
Seller: Any Amount of Books, London, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
8vo. pp xii, 188. Original publisher's black and white illustrated paper covered boards. Illustrated and black and white throughout. ISBN: 9780814211922 About fine.
Published by Ohio State Univ. Press (Colombus), 2001
ISBN 10: 0814208673ISBN 13: 9780814208670
Seller: Loretta Lay Books, London, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover / Hardback. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First edition. Hardback. The History of Crime and Criminal Justice Series. A book which explores a sensational murder case that took place in Chicago in 1888. Zephyr Davis, a young African American man accused of murdering an Irish American girl who was his co-worker, was pursued, captured, tried, and convicted amid public demands for swift justice and the return of social order. Through a close study of the case, the author explores the tension between popular ideas about justice and the rule of law in industrial America. As she observes, mob justice, despite the presence of a professional police force, was quite common in late 19th-century Chicago, and it was the mob that ultimately captured Davis. Once Davis was apprehended, the public continued to make its will known through newspaper articles and public meetings, called by various civic organisations to discuss or protest the case. The author demonstrates that public opinion mattered and did, in fact, exert an influence on criminal law and criminal justice. She shows, in this particular instance, the public was able to limit the authority of the legal system and the state, with the result that criminal law conformed to popular will. Chapter headings include : Murder and Capture, February 27 and February 28, 1888; Public Opinion, March 1 to March 28, 1888; Trial, March 28 to April 2, 1888; Execution, May 12, 1888. Illus. With Conclusion, Notes, Bibliog. and Index. 158pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. F. no dw.