Eastern Kentucky University Encompass Online Theses and Dissertations Student Scholarship January 2017 The Justified Lawman: Cowboy Killings in the Modern Era Joel Franklin Harman Eastern Kentucky University Follow this and additional works at: https://encompass.eku.edu/etd Part of the Criminology Commons, Film and Media Studies Commons, and the Law Enforcement and Corrections Commons Recommended Citation Harman, Joel Franklin, "The Justified Lawman: Cowboy Killings in the Modern Era" (2017). Online Theses and Dissertations. 530. https://encompass.eku.edu/etd/530 This Open Access Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Scholarship at Encompass. It has been accepted for inclusion in Online Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Encompass. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. The Justified Lawman: Cowboy Killings in the Modern Era By Joel F. Harman Bachelors of Science Eastern Kentucky University Richmond, Kentucky 2014 Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Eastern Kentucky University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE December, 2017 Copyright © Joel Franklin Harman, 2017 All rights reserved ii DEDICATION This thesis is dedicated to my parents Gene and Cathy Harman for their unwavering support. iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to thank my mentor, Dr. Travis Linnemann, for his guidance, patience and the depth of knowledge he added to this project from the beginning. Also, his endurance in working with me at the sacrifice of his own time. I would also like to thank the other committee members, Dr. Victoria Collins and Dr. Judah Schept, for their frame of mind and assistance over the past four years.