High-profile crimes : when legal cases become social causes / Lynn S. Chancer.

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 Crimes...

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Bibliographic Details

Online Access:	Electronic book from EBSCO
Main Author:	Chancer, Lynn S., 1954-
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.
Subjects:	Crime > United States > Sociological aspects. 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.
Genre:	Electronic books.