Patterns of Repressive Social Control in Post-Reconstruction Georgia, 1882-1935

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Abstract
Lynching, legal execution, and imprisonment were three mechanisms of repressive social control that figured prominently in southern white society's response to alleged deviance by blacks during the post-Reconstruction Era. This paper examines the time series relationships among these strategies of control between 1882 and 1935. The major perspectives on penal evolution and social control provide the theoretical framework for this study. The results of the analysis provide little evidence of a relationship among trends in the lynching, execution, and incarceration of black males during this period. The implications of these findings for existing theories and future research are discussed.

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