Crimes that changed our world
Subtitle: tragedy, outrage, and reform
By: Paul H. Robinson and Sarah M. Robinson
Contributors: Robinson, Sarah M., author
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 389
ISBN-13: 9781538102015
Subjects: Administration of Criminal justice; History; Criminal law; Crime
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-373) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1911 Triangle factory fire : building safety codes; title: 1915 chloroform killer : medical examiners; title: 1932 Lindbergh kidnapping and Dillinger robberies : federalization of criminal law enforcement; title: 1937 sulfanilamide crisis : drug safety; title: 1956 NYC mad bomber : criminal profiling; title: 1957 Mafia Commission Apalachin meeting : Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO); title: 1962 Harlem heroin epidemic : war on drugs; title: 1964 Genovese murder witness scandal : 911 emergency system; title: 1965 Watts riots & Texas sniper : SWAT and the militarization of police; title: 1967 Calabrese intimidation : WITSEC; title: 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill and Cuyahoga River fire : Environmental Protection Agency; title: 1972 TWA bombing and hijackings : airport security; title: 1980 killing of Cari Lightner : drunk driving; title: 1981 Reagan assassination attempt : insanity defense; title: 1983 Beirut barracks bombing : internationalization of the FBI; title: 1983 Thurman beatings : domestic violence; title: 1986 Leicestershire murders : DNA; title: 1989 Schaeffer stalking murder : stalking offense; title: 1993 Polly Klaas abduction : three-strikes sentencing; title: 2001 9/11 attacks : war on terror; title: 2001 Enron scandal : financial crimes.