University of New Mexico UNM Digital Repository History ETDs Electronic Theses and Dissertations 8-25-2016 "Crimes against the Order of the Family, Public Morality, and Decency": Sexual Violence and Jurisprudence in Coahuila, Mexico, 1871-1931 Sandra Elizabeth Lara Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/hist_etds Part of the History Commons Recommended Citation Lara, Sandra Elizabeth. ""Crimes against the Order of the Family, Public Morality, and Decency": Sexual Violence and Jurisprudence in Coahuila, Mexico, 1871-1931." (2016). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/hist_etds/44 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Electronic Theses and Dissertations at UNM Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in History ETDs by an authorized administrator of UNM Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Sandra E. Lara Candidate History Department This dissertation is approved, and it is acceptable in quality and form for publication: Approved by the Dissertation Committee: Kimberly Gauderman , Chairperson Linda Hall Barbara Reyes Sonya Lipsett-Rivera i “CRIMES AGAINST THE ORDER OF THE FAMILY, PUBLIC MORALITY, AND DECENCY": SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND JURISPRUDENCE IN COAHUILA, MEXICO, 1871-1931 by SANDRA E. LARA B.A., University of Texas at Dallas, 1999 M.A., History, Texas Woman's University, 2005 DISSERTATION Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy History The University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico July, 2016 ii DEDICATION Agradezco a Elohim, sin su amor, sabiduría, fidelidad, y favor esta obra no existiría. Dedico esta disertación para mi familia, en especial mi madre, Rosa María Sánchez Zamora y mis dos tesoros, Isabella Montserrat y Sebastian Mikel.