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9780226101125

High-Profile Crimes

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  • ISBN13:

    9780226101125

  • ISBN10:

    0226101126

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2005-11-01
  • Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr

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Summary

Elizabeth A. Kaye specializes in communications as part of her coaching and consulting practice. She has edited Requirements for Certification since the 2000-01 edition.

Author Biography

Lynn S. Chancer is associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Fordham University. She is the author of two other books, including, most recently, Reconcilable Differences.


Table of Contents

Preface: The Larger Symbolism of Symbolic Cases vii
Acknowledgments xiii
PART 1 PRESENTING PROVOKING ASSAULTS: FROM NEW YORK TO LOS ANGELES
1: When Cases Become Causes
3(26)
PART 2 EXEMPLIFYING A GENRE: A TALE OF TWO CRIMES
2: The Rape of the Central Park Jogger
29(32)
3: The Murder of Yusef Hawkins
61(54)
PART 3 FROM DIFFERING VANTAGE POINTS: "SMITH," "TYSON," "KING," "DENNY," AND "SIMPSON"
4: In re the Legal System
115(58)
5: More on the Press: Journalistic Divides
173(37)
6: Taking Sides: Diverse Public Reactions
210(41)
PART 4 STEPPING BACK
7: High-Profile Crimes and American Culture
251(16)
Appendix A: Dates and Descriptions of Provoking Assaults 267(5)
Appendix B: Identifying the Top Twenty High-Profile Crimes, 1985-1996 272(4)
Appendix C: Acknowledging Intellectual Debts and Distinctions 276(5)
Notes 281(22)
Works Cited 303(4)
Index 307

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