The culture of crime

The wicked world: the National Police Gazette and gilded-age America / Elliott J. Gorn -- Cosmology of fear / Steven Gorelick -- The reporter I: cops, killers and crispy critters / David Simon -- The victim: twice wounded / Ellen Levin -- The criminal: where the sun don't shine / Federal I.D. N...

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Contributors: LaMay, Craig L. (Editor) ; Dennis, Everette E. (Other)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, N.J., U.S.A Transaction Publishers 1995
In:Year: 1995
Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 19 A 3878
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Summary:The wicked world: the National Police Gazette and gilded-age America / Elliott J. Gorn -- Cosmology of fear / Steven Gorelick -- The reporter I: cops, killers and crispy critters / David Simon -- The victim: twice wounded / Ellen Levin -- The criminal: where the sun don't shine / Federal I.D. No. 03144-999 -- The cop: waiting for good dope / Kim Wozencraft -- The lawyer: "A chill wind blows" / William M. Kunstler -- The judge: justice in prime time / Thomas S. Hodson -- The court officer: meet the press / Rebecca Fanning -- The reporter II: better than real life / Edna Buchanan -- Nervous in the naked city / Howard Rosenberg -- Kids and crime / Michele Magar -- The female fear / Margaret T. Gordon -- Firearms follies : how the news media cover gun control / Ted Gest -- Desparadoes and lawmen: the folk hero / Richard Maxwell Brown -- Making a killing: an interview with Elmore Leonard / Craig L. LaMay -- You want me to read a what? /Peter A. Levin -- Raskolnikov's regret: covering crime in Russia / Alexei Izyumov -- Glimpses of Gotham / Robert W. Snyder
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-189) and index
Physical Description:XIV, 196 S.
ISBN:1560008261