High-Profile Crimes : When Legal Cases Become Social Causes /

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O. J. Simpson. The Central Park jogger. Bensonhurst. William Kennedy Smith. Rodney King. These are more than crimes and criminals, more than court cases. They are cultural events that, for better or worse, gave concrete expression to latent social conflicts in American society. In High-Profile Crime...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chancer, Lynn S. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2010]
Temas:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
criminal, crime, legal, law, litigation, justice, enforcement, police, sociology, anthropology, case, courtroom, judge, activism, oj simpson, central park, bensonhurst, william kennedy smith, rodney king, well known, famous, culture, cultural, america, american, controversial, news, 1980s, 1990s, high profile, racism, domestic violence, interviews, rape, trial, jury, journalistic.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface: The Larger Symbolism of Symbolic Cases
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part One. Presenting Provoking Assaults. From New York to Los Angeles
  • Part Two. Exemplifying a Genre. A Tale of Two Crimes
  • Part Three. From Differing Vantage Points. "Smith," "Tyson," "King," "Denny," and "Simpson"
  • Part Four. Stepping Back
  • Appendix A: Dates and Descriptions of Provoking Assaults
  • Appendix B: Identifying the Top Twenty High-Profile Crimes, 1985-1996
  • Appendix C: Acknowledging Intellectual Debts and Distinctions
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index

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