High-profile crimes: when legal cases become social causes

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...

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Main Author: Chancer, Lynn S. (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago [u.a.] University of Chicago Press 2005
In:Year: 2005
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Keywords:
Crime > Sociological aspects > United States
Crime > United States > Public opinion
Crime > United States > Sociological aspects
Crime and the press > United States
Crime in mass media
Mass media and public opinion > United States
Trials > United States > Public opinion
USA > Straftat > Massenmedien > Berichterstattung > Öffentliche Meinung > Geschichte 1983-2003

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