02409nam 2200601Ia 450 991082105560332120230331005551.00-19-771503-60-19-028143-X1-280-52338-70-19-802143-71-4294-0736-0(CKB)1000000000465871(EBL)272390(OCoLC)466426882(SSID)ssj0000211518(PQKBManifestationID)11175556(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000211518(PQKBWorkID)10311364(PQKB)10352225(Au-PeEL)EBL272390(CaPaEBR)ebr10278215(CaONFJC)MIL52338(MiAaPQ)EBC272390(EXLCZ)99100000000046587119901012d1991 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrNo duty to retreat[electronic resource] violence and values in American history and society /Richard Maxwell BrownNew York Oxford University Press19911 online resource (279 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-504510-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-251) and index.Contents; 1 No Duty to Retreat in Law and the American Mind; 2 The Gunfighter: The Reality Behind the Myth; 3 California Conflict and the American Dream; 4 The Persistence of No Duty to Retreat: Crime, Law, and Society in America from the 1850's to the Present; 5 Conclusion: No Duty to Retreat in Retrospect and Prospect; Notes; Index;A discussion of crime, law and society in the USA, which demonstrates that surges in crime since the 1950's have coincided with the emergence of the post-industrial society. It examines the growing popularity of the concept that persons under physical attack have the right to defend themselves.ViolenceUnited StatesHistoryValuesUnited StatesHistoryUnited StatesHistoryViolenceHistory.ValuesHistory.303.6/0973Brown Richard Maxwell1669894MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821055603321No duty to retreat4031360UNINA