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Famous American crimes and trials

2005; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 42; Issue: 09 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5860/choice.42-4994

1943-5975

Frankie Y. Bailey, Steven M. Chermak,

Crime Patterns and Interventions

Volume I Set Foreword Series Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Quaker Mary Dyer: Twice under the Hangmans Noose 2 Witch Trials, 1692: Madness in Salem 3 Blackbeard the Pirate: Seventeenth-century Public Relations Professional 4 The Sedition Trial of John Peter Zenger: The Power of the Printed Word 5 The Boston Massacre: A Prelude to Revolution 6 Bathsheba Spooner: The Result of a Wicked and Licentious Appetite on the Life Expectancy of Husbands 7 The Whiskey Rebellion: Western Settlers Challenge Federal Power 8 The Treason Trial of Aaron Burr: Americas Would-be Caesar 9 The Tragic Murder of Helen Jewett: Sin and Sensationalism 10 Amistad: Slaverys Northern Dred Scott Decision 11 The Bickford Murder of 1845: The Somnambulist and the Fallen Woman 12 The Parkman Murder of 1849: The Commonwealth v. John White Webster 13 The Shadrach Courtroom Rescue: Abolitionists Free Fugitive Slave 14 The Daniel Sickles Murder Trial: A Husbands Vengeance 15 The Ordeal of Harpers Ferry and the Trial of John Brown :Madman or Martyr? Index About the Editors and the Contributors Volume II Introduction 1 Major Henry Wirz and the Andersonville Prison Trial :War Criminal or Scapegoat? 2 Alexander Campbells Molly Maguire Trial: The Miners and the Pinkertons 3 The 1875 Alienation of Affections Trial of Henry Ward Beecher: For Better or Worse 4 Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War: Villain or Hero? 5 Gunfight at the OK Corral: The Path to Conflict 6 The Murder Trial of Crow Dog: The Clash of Justice Systems 7 The Charles Guiteau Assassination Case: Arguing His Own Insanity 8 The Lizzie Borden Murder Trial: A Respectable Woman 9 H. H. Holmes, Multiple Murderer: Man or Monster? 10 The Nesbit-Thaw-White Affair: Spectacles of Sex and Violence in Old New York 11 The Case of Chester Gillette: Murder in the Adirondacks 12 The Belle Gunness Serial Murder Case: The Fiendish Widow 13 The Becker-Rosenthal Murder Case: The Cop and the Gambler Index About the Editors and the Contributors Volume III Introduction 1 Leo Frank and the Legacy of Southern Lawlessness: A Murder and a Lynching 2 The Sacco-Vanzetti Trial: Judging Anarchy 3 Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle: Cleared by the Court, Convicted by Conspiracy 4 The Incomprehensible Crime of Leopold and Loeb: Just an Experiment 5 The Scopes Monkey Trial: A Debate about Evolution 6 The Crime and Trial of Albert H. Fish: Divine Hunger 7 Bonnie and Clyde: A Mad, Dizzy Whirl 8 The Scottsboro Boys Trials: Black Men as Racial Scapegoats 9 The Lindbergh Baby Murder Case: A Crime of the Century 10 The Sleepy Lagoon Murder and the Zoot Suit Riots :Los Angeles at War 11 Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez: The Lonely Hearts Killers 12 The Barbara Graham Murder Case: The Murderess Walked to Her Death as if Dressed for a Shopping Trip 13 The Sam Sheppard Case: Do Three Trials Equal Justice? 14 The Emmett Till Murder: The Civil Rights Movement Begins Index About the Editors and the Contributors Volume IV Introduction 1 The JFK Assassination: Three Murders, Two Killers, and Four Decades 2 The Boston Strangler: A Mans Confession and a Citys Unsolved Case 3 Lenny Bruce Obscenity Trial: Free to Be Obscene 4 The Trial of the Chicago Seven: Stage against the Machine 5 The Murder of Fred Hampton: The Governments Involvement and Cover-up 6 The Angela Davis Trial: A Political or a Criminal Trial? 7 The My Lai Massacre: A Mixed Reaction to Tragedy 8 Charles Manson and the Tate-LaBianca Murders :A Family Portrait 9 The Attica Trials: A Thirty-year Pursuit of Justice 10 The Execution of Gary Gilmore: Restarting the Killing Machine 11 The Trial of Joan Little: An Inmate, a Jailer, and a First-degree Murder Charge 12 The Life and Trial of Francine Hughes: Beyond the Burning Bed 13 John Wayne Gacy Jr.: The Killer Clown 14 Ted Bundy: The Serial Killer Next Door Index About the Editors and the Contributors Volume V Introduction 1 Jack Henry Abbott: An Author from behind Bars 2 Green River Murders Case: The Hunt for a Killer 3 The Confessions of Henry Lee Lucas: High Numbers and Higher Stakes 4 The State of Texas v. Karla Faye Tucker :Death Row Inmate #777 5 The Ford Pinto Trial: The Criminal Prosecution of a Corporation 6 The Wreck of the Exxon Valdez: Oil and Water Dont Mix 7 William Willie Horton: Presidential Campaign Controversy 8 The Central Park Jogger: The Impact of Race on Rape Coverage 9 Rodney King Beating Trial: A Landmark for Reform 10 The Kidnapping and Murder of Polly Klaas :An Atypical Crime Yielding Controversial Reforms 11 Representing O.J.: The Trial of the Twentieth Century 12 The Susan Smith Case: From Victim to Child Murderer in Nine Days 13 1993 World Trade Center Attack: The Forgotten Bombing 14 Timothy McVeigh: The Oklahoma City Bombing Index About the Editors and the Contributors