Borders of Violence and Justice: Mexicans, Mexican Americans, and Law Enforcement in the Southwest, 1835-1935

by Brian D. Behnken

Book Overview

Brian Behnken offers a sweeping examination of the interactions between Mexican-origin people and law enforcement--both legally codified police agencies and extralegal justice--across the U.S. Southwest (especially Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas) from the 1830s to the 1930s. Representing a broad, colonial regime, police agencies and extralegal groups policed and controlled Mexican-origin people to maintain state and racial power in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469670127
• ISBN13: 9781469670126
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"