Institutional failures
Subtitle: Duke lacrosse, universities, the news media, and the legal system
By: edited by Howard M. Wasserman
Publisher: Ashgate Pub.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Farnham, Surrey, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780754678731; 9780754697244
Subjects: Prosecutorial misconduct; Mass media and criminal justice; Duke Blue Devils (Lacrosse team); Investigation; Malicious accusation; Rape
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-207) and index.
Table of contents: title: An institutional perspective on the Duke lacrosse case / Howard M. Wasserman; title: When good prosecutors go bad : from prosecutorial discretion to prosecutorial misconduct / Angela J. Davis; title: Duke lacrosse, prosecutorial misconduct, and the limits of the civil justice system / Sam Kamin; title: The perils of academic groupthink / K.C. Johnson; title: The Duke lacrosse saga : administration versus students and faculty, among others / Robert M. O'Neil; title: In the shadow of Duke : college sport and the academy divided / Ellen J. Staurowsky; title: Justice delayed / Rachel Smolkin; title: Not just sloppy journalism, but a profound ethical failure : media coverage of the Duke lacrosse case / Jane E. Kirtley; title: Covering the notorious case : narrative and the need for sensationalism done well / Craig L. LaMay.