Savage Portrayals : Race, Media and the Central Park Jogger Story /

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In 1989, the rape and beating of a white female jogger in Central Park made international headlines. Many accounts reported the incident as an example of "wilding"--Episodes of poor, minority youths roaming the streets looking for trouble. Police intent on immediate justice for the victim...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Byfield, Natalie P., 1960- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Racism.
Press coverage.
Hispanic Americans in mass media.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration.
African Americans in mass media.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Racisme > États-Unis.
Americains d'origine latino-americaine dans les medias.
Noirs americains dans les medias.
Discrimination dans l'administration de la justice penale > New York (État) > New York > Études de cas.
Crimes violents > Couverture de presse > New York (État) > New York > Études de cas.
Proces pour viol de la joggeuse de Central Park, New York, N.Y., 1990 > Couverture de presse.
Racism > United States.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration > New York (State) > New York > Case studies.
Violent crimes > Press coverage > New York (State) > New York > Case studies.
Rape > Press coverage > New York (State) > New York > Case studies.
Central Park Jogger Rape Trial, New York, N.Y., 1990 > Press coverage.
United States.
New York (State) > New York.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
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Sumario:In 1989, the rape and beating of a white female jogger in Central Park made international headlines. Many accounts reported the incident as an example of "wilding"--Episodes of poor, minority youths roaming the streets looking for trouble. Police intent on immediate justice for the victim coerced five African-American and Latino boys to plead guilty. The teenage boys were quickly convicted and imprisoned. Natalie Byfield, who covered the case for the New York Daily News, now revisits the story of the Central Park Five from her perspective as a black female reporter in Savage Port
Descripción Física:1 online resource (242 pages).
ISBN:9781439906354

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