Murder, culture, and injustice
Subtitle: four sensational cases in American history
By: Walter L. Hixson.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Series on law, politics, and society
Publisher: University of Akron Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Akron
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
Subjects: Murder -- United States -- Case studies; Murderers -- United States -- Case studies; Murder victims -- United States -- Case studies; Celebrities -- United States -- Case studies; Trials (Murder) -- United States -- Case studies; Mass media and culture -- United States
Genres: Case studies.
Description: "The Four Murder Cases and the subsequent criminal trials analyzed in this book are among the most sensational in American history. As primordial dramas involving murder within or against a socially prominent family, the Lizzie Borden, Lindbergh baby, Sam Sheppard, and O. J. Simpson cases riveted the public."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Gendered justice: Lizzie Borden and Victorian America; title: Vengeance: Bruno Richard Hauptmann and the Lindbergh baby kidnapping; title: Vendetta: Sam Sheppard and the North Shore nightmare; title: A house divided: race and the O.J. Simpson case; title: Conclusion: sensational murder and American justice.