Murder, culture, and injustice : four sensational cases in American history / Walter L. Hixson.

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Hixson, Walter L

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TextSeries: UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Akron : University of Akron Press, 2001.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (274 pages :) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781935603221
1935603221
9781884836671
1884836674

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Murder, Culture, and Injustice : Four Sensational Cases in American History.DDC classification:

364.15/23/0973 21

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HV6529 .H59 2001

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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.

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.Summary: 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.

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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.

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