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952938
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b707308
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Chancer, Lynn S.,1954-
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High-profile crimes : : when legal cases become social causes /\ Lynn S. Chancer.
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| Publication Statement
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Chicago :: University of Chicago Press,, 2005.
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1 online resource (xv, 314 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0226101126
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: 0226101134
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: 1282537490
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: 6612537493
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: 9780226101125
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: 9780226101132
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: 9781282537491
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: 9786612537493
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0226101126
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-306) and index.
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| Abstract
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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, Lynn Chancer explores how these cases became conflated with larger social causes on a collective level and how this phenomenon has affected the law, the media, and social movements. An astute and incisive chronicle of some of the most polarizing cases of the 1980s and 1990s, High-Profile Crimes sh.
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Crime and the press-- United States.
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Crime in mass media.
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Crime-- United States-- Public opinion.
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Crime-- United States-- Sociological aspects.
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Mass media and public opinion-- United States.
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Trials-- United States-- Public opinion.
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Criminalité dans les médias.
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Criminalité et presse-- États-Unis.
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Criminalité-- Aspect sociologique-- États-Unis.
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Criminalité-- États-Unis-- Opinion publique.
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Médias et opinion publique-- États-Unis.
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Procès-- États-Unis-- Opinion publique.
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Crime and the press.
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Crime in mass media.
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Crime-- Public opinion.
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Crime-- Sociological aspects.
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Mass media and public opinion.
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Trials-- Public opinion.
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TRUE CRIME-- General.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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364.1
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| LC Classification
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HV6789.C397 2005eb
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