NCJ Number
128899
Editor(s)
L L Johnson
Date Published
1990
Length
181 pages
Annotation
These six essays examine Argentina from the 18th century to the 1930's and Uruguay during the 19th century to show the relationships between crime and the social and economic order.
Abstract
The discussions explain how elites maintained public order amidst changes arising from urbanization, commercial development, and internal and international migration. Individual papers focus on decisions by Argentinian colonial courts in cases in which women were either victims or perpetrators, crime and punishment in Buenos Aires during 1820-1850, knife dueling in rural areas in the 19th century, prostitution and female criminality, the response to public drunkenness and disorder, and arrest patterns in three Argentine cities. Tables, figures, photographs, chapter notes, and index