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BL
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1017147
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b771517
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| Main Entry
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Gibson, Dirk Cameron,1953-
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Serial murder and media circuses /\ Dirk C. Gibson ; foreword by Dennis L. Wilcox.
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| Publication Statement
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Westport, Conn. :: Praeger Publishers,, 2006.
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1 online resource (xvii, 233 pages)
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| ISBN
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0275990648
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: 0313080984
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: 9780275990640
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: 9780313080982
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-221) and index.
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| Contents
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Henri Desire Landru -- The axeman of New Orleans -- Earle Nelson -- The Manson family -- Ian Brady and Myra Hindley -- Angelo Buono Jr. and Kenneth Bianchi -- Jeffrey Dahmer -- Dorothea Puente -- Gary Ridgway -- Andrew Cunanan -- Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka -- Westley Allan Dodd -- Conclusion.
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| Abstract
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"The Axman of New Orleans specialized in killing grocers of Italian descent in the 1910s, apparently to promote jazz music. Dorothea Puente was a little old landlady who murdered her tenants, but kept cashing their government checks. the Manson family terrorized California in the 1960s, as did the Hillside Stranglers a decade later. Twelve serial murder cases, occurring in the eight decades between the 1890s and 1990s, had one thing in common: significant presence of the mass media. This book examines these cases, and the way the media became involved in the investigations and trials of each."--Jacket.
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Mass media and crime, Case studies.
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Murder in mass media, Case studies.
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Serial murder investigation-- History, Case studies.
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Serial murderers, Case studies.
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Serial murders-- History, Case studies.
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LANGUAGE ARTS DISCIPLINES-- Journalism.
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Mass media and crime.
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Murder in mass media.
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Serial murder investigation.
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Serial murderers.
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Serial murders.
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Massamedia.
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Seriemoordenaars.
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Verenigde Staten.
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| Dewey Classification
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070.4/4936415230973
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HV6513.G53 2006eb
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