mobs

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mobs

The color of the law

race, violence, and justice in the post-World War II South
1999
Examines the effects of World War II on race relations and the criminal justice system through a study of the race riot that erupted in Columbia, Tennessee in 1946 over the attempted lynching of young African-American Navy veteran James Stephenson.

Riot!

a history of mob action in the United States
1974
Traces the history of riots in the United States and examines their causes and results. Also discusses ways of dealing with mob action.

The Ox-Bow incident

1968
Study of mob justice in the Old West.
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