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Murder, Culture, and Injustice [electronic resource] : Four Sensational Cases in American History / Walter L. Hixson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hixson, Walter L.
- Series:
- Series on law, politics, and society Murder, culture, and injustice
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mass media and culture--United States.
- Mass media and culture.
- Trials (Murder)--United States--Case studies.
- Trials (Murder).
- Celebrities--United States--Case studies.
- Celebrities.
- Murder victims--United States--Case studies.
- Murder victims.
- Murderers--United States--Case studies.
- Murderers.
- Murder--United States--Case studies.
- Murder.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (274 p. ) b/w illus
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Akron : University of Akron Press, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Presents an account of four sensational national murder cases 'the Lizzie Borden murders, the Lindbergh baby case, the Sam Sheppard case, and the O J Simpson case'. This title offers observations into the greater cultural and political forces that shaped their verdicts, with step-by-step analysis of the details of each case.
- Walter Hixson's pithy narrative account of four sensational national murder cases "the Lizzie Borden murders, the Lindbergh baby case, the Sam Sheppard case, and the O J Simpson case" 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 skilful 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 socio-cultural impacts of crime that are both thought-provoking and fascinating reading.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-89636-9
- 9786612896361
- 1-935603-22-1
- OCLC:
- 794701476
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