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High-profile crimes : when legal cases become social causes

Title
High-profile crimes : when legal cases become social causes / Lynn S. Chancer.
Author
Chancer, Lynn S., 1954-
Publication
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.

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Description
xv, 314 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Crime > Sociological aspects > United States
  • Crime > United States > Public opinion
  • Trials > United States > Public opinion
  • Crime and the press > United States
  • Crime in mass media
  • Mass media and public opinion > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-306) and index.
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Contents
Larger symbolism of symbolic cases -- When cases become causes -- Rape of the Central Park jogger -- Murder of Yusef Hawkins -- In re the legal system -- More on the press : journalistic divides -- Taking sides : diverse public reactions -- High-profile crimes and American culture.
Call Number
JFE 05-11644
ISBN
0226101126 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2005009143
OCLC
58789149
Author
Chancer, Lynn S., 1954-
Title
High-profile crimes : when legal cases become social causes / Lynn S. Chancer.
Imprint
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-306) and index.
Additional Formats
View table of contents on the Internet via the World Wide Web.
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