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1	The Vigilantes of Montana more books like this by Thomas J Dimsdale add to wishlist A reprint of the classic 1864 title by Professor Thomas J Dimsdale of Bannack Montana Z99 R E Mather a prominent Western historian see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.11! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Strain of Violence: Historical Studies of American Violence and Vigilantism more books like this by Richard Maxwell Brown add to wishlist These essays, written by leading historian of violence and Presidential Commission consultant Richard Maxwell Brown, consider the challenges posed to American society by the criminal, turbulent, and depressed elements of American life and the violent response of the established order. Covering violent incidents from colonial American to the ... see all copies from $3.03! new only from $69.13! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Lynching in the West, 1850-1935 more books like this by Ken Gonzales-Day add to wishlist Accounts of lynching in the United States have primarily focused on violence against African Americans in the South. This book reveals racially motivated lynching as a more widespread practice, chronicling over 350 instances of lynching that occurred in the state of California between 1850 and 1935. The majority were perpetrated against Latinos, ... see all copies from $12.95! new only from $18.06! \| SVS
4	The Making of a Lynching Culture: Violence and Vigilantism in Central Texas, 1836-1916 more books like this by William D Carrigan add to wishlist On May 15, 1916, a crowd of 15,000 witnessed the lynching of an eighteen-year-old black farm worker named Jesse Washington. Most central Texans of the time failed to call for the punishment of the mob's leaders. In The Making of a Lynching Culture, William D. Carrigan seeks to explain not how a fiendish mob could lynch one man but how a culture of ... see all copies from $16.00! new only from $26.00! \| first editions \| SVS
5	X. Beidler: vigilante more books like this by John Xavier Beidler add to wishlist see all copies from $5.00! first editions \| SVS
6	Vigilante justice more books like this by Alan Chester Valentine add to wishlist see all copies from $4.28! new only from $16.51! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Vigilant Citizens more books like this by Ray Abrahams add to wishlist Vigilantes operate in the shadows rather than the bright lights of mainstream political consensus. They have arisen at many times in different regions of the world as defenders, often by force, of their view of the good life against those they see to be its enemies. Recent reports of their activities in Britain, Ireland, mainland Europe, Africa, ... see all copies from $3.59! new only from $17.93! \| first editions
8	The vigilantes of Montana. more books like this by Thos. J. Dimsdale add to wishlist see all copies from $3.50! new only from $19.96! \| first editions
9	Uncivil Disobedience: Studies in Violence and Democratic Politics more books like this by Jennet Kirkpatrick add to wishlist "Uncivil Disobedience" examines the roles violence and terrorism have played in the exercise of democratic ideals in America. Jennet Kirkpatrick explores how crowds, rallying behind the principle of popular sovereignty and desiring to make law conform to justice, can disdain law and engage in violence. She exposes the hazards of democracy that ... see all copies from $23.57! new only from $23.57!
10	Take Back Your Neighborhood more books like this by Richard Neely add to wishlist Here is the book that finally offers a real solution to the crime wave that is sweeping America on the tide of drugs and deteriorating inner cities. Neely maintains that people are mistaken in looking to government and traditional law enforcement to stop crime in the streets. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.99! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Villains & Vigilantes more books like this by Stanton Arthur Coblentz add to wishlist see all copies from $2.71! first editions
12	Vigilantebacklash Crime more books like this by William Tucker add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $117.54! \| first editions \| SVS
13	Vigilante! more books like this by William E Burrows add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
14	Vigilantism and the State in Modern Latin America: Essays on Extralegal Violence more books like this by Martha Knisely Huggins add to wishlist According to the Latin American political analysts and scholars who contributed to this volume, free elections during the 1980s largely served to disguise rather than diminish institutional repressiveness and the reality of economic, political, and social disintegration that is occurring in many Latin American countries. This book deals with the ... see all copies from $18.99! new only from $18.99! \| first editions
15	Vigilante Politics more books like this by Peter C. Sederberg (Editor), H. Jon Rosenbaum (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
16	Vigilantes more books like this by Hoffman Birney add to wishlist 1929. A chronicle of the rise and fall of the Plummer gang of outlaws in and about Virginia City, Montana in the early '60s. Contents: Gold!; Lights and Shadows; Tobacco Money; Henry Plummer; The Sheriff of Bannack; The Square Deputy; Innocent!; The Man Who Stuck to It; Gathering Shadows; Sanders-Lion of the North!; Vigilantes!; The Storm Breaks; ... see all copies from $6.95! signed copies \| first editions
17	Informal Justice in Divided Societies: Northern Ireland and South Africa more books like this by Colin Knox, Rachel Monaghan add to wishlist This volume examines the ways in which paramilitary and vigilante activity are linked with controlling community crime in both Northern Ireland and South Africa. Drawing upon original research, Colin Knox and Rachel Monaghan analyze the agents of informal justice, its victims and why communities endorse this form of retribution. They conclude the ... see all copies from $41.75! new only from $117.13!
18	The banditti of the Rocky Mountains and Vigilance Committee in Idaho; an authentic record of startling adventures in the gold mines of Idaho. more books like this by Jerome Peltier add to wishlist see all copies from $13.50!
19	Vigilantism in America more books like this by Arnold Madison add to wishlist Describes movements throughout American history in which ordinary citizens, dissatisfied with the established system (or lack of it), have taken law and order into their own hands. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
20 view cover	Taking the Law Into Their Own Hands: Lawless Law Enforcers in Africa more books like this by Bruce Baker add to wishlist Some of what passes for law enforcement in Africa would never be acceptable under international law. Bruce Baker focuses on the concept of rule of law as a central element of democracy and examines how far Africans have to go to achieve such status. After a general overview of the role of the rule of law in a democratic society, Bruce Baker ... see all copies from $61.00! new only from $110.14!
21	Vigilantes Ride in 1882 more books like this by Herbert Stevens add to wishlist see all copies from $4.44! SVS
22	Take Back Your Neighborhood: Organizing a Citizen's Patrol Force to Fight more books like this by Richard Neely add to wishlist In the face of escalating robberies, rapes. murders, and drug dealing, more and more citizens are recognizing the need to take responsibility for their own safety. Now, Virginia Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard Neely presents a clear and effective blueprint to teach average citizens how to mobilize and efficient, legal anticrime unit to protect ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.99!**
23	Idaho's Vigilantes more books like this by Joyce Lindstrom, Nolan Parson (Illustrator), James S Reynolds add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
24	Vigilante handbook more books like this by Victor Santoro add to wishlist see all copies from $11.98! new only from $17.95!
25	The History of Virgil A. Stewart: And His Adventure in Capturing...Also of the Trials...of a Number of Murrell's Associates...on the 6th July, 1835 more books like this by H. R. Howard add to wishlist see all copies from $80.00! first editions

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