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No Duty to Retreat: Violence and Values in American History and Society Brown, Richard Maxwell (Professor of History, Professor of History, University of Oregon)
No Duty to Retreat: Violence and Values in American History and Society
Brown, Richard Maxwell (Professor of History, Professor of History, University of Oregon)
A discussion of crime, law and society in the USA, which demonstrates that surges in crime since the 1950s 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.
278 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | February 27, 1992 |
| ISBN13 | 9780195045109 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 280 |
| Dimensions | 218 × 149 × 23 mm · 445 g |