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OneBookAZ: How Wild Was It?

City of Glendale Library and Arts Department

April 20, 2008

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Paul Hietter, Ph.D., a faculty member of Mesa Community College, will bring needed insight when he presents How Wild Was It? An Overview of Crime and Justice in Arizona Territory. According to Dr. Hietter, writers often use sensational anecdotes to describe conditions in the Trans-Mississippi West during the 1800s. The West, these incidents suggest, was a violent and crime-ridden place where ineffective criminal justice institutions forced citizens to take the law into their own hands. But, few historians have attempted a systematic examination of crime and criminal justice in the 19th century American West. What types of crimes occurred most often? How effective was the justice system? How did contemporary residents perceive crime and the justice system? This presentation provides a fascinating glimpse into the Arizona Territory's justice system using data from court cases and newspapers, and explores the types of crimes most commonly committed and the justice system's response to them.

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  April 20, 2008

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  Sunday 2:00pm

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  Velma Teague Branch Library

  7010 North 58th Avenue Glendale, AZ 85301

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  West Valley

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