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Genre/Form: | Electronic books Case studies Études de cas |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Hixson, Walter L. Murder, culture, and injustice. Akron : University of Akron Press, 2001 (DLC) 00010635 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Walter L Hixson |
ISBN: | 1935603221 9781935603221 9781935603238 193560323X |
OCLC Number: | 694147115 |
Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations. |
Contents: | Gendered justice : Lizzie Borden and Victorian America -- Vengeance : Bruno Richard Hauptmann and the Lindbergh baby kidnapping -- Vendetta: Sam Sheppard and the North Shore nightmare -- A house divided : race and the O.J. Simpson case -- Conclusion : sensational murder and American justice. |
Series Title: | Series on law, politics, and society. |
Responsibility: | Walter L. Hixson. |
Abstract:
Walter Hixson's pithy narrative account of four sensational murder cases---the Lizzie Borden, Lindbergh baby, Sam Sheppard, and O.J. Simpson trials---offers interesting observations into the greater cultural and political forces that shaped their verdicts. His step-by-step analysis of the details of each case provides not only insight by skillful synthesis of the existing literature but also a solid overview of the events surrounding these four cases, each of which became a national obsession as well as a miscarriage of justice. Taking a fresh look at the criminal justice system and the role of the media in the larger American milieu, Hixson delves into sociocultural impacts of crime that are both thought-provoking and fascinating reading.
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