Crimes And Trials Of The Century From Pine Ridge To Abu Ghraib
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Crimes And Trials Of The Century From Pine Ridge To Abu Ghraib
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Author : Steven M. Chermak
language : en
Publisher: Greenwood
Release Date : 2007
Crimes And Trials Of The Century From Pine Ridge To Abu Ghraib written by Steven M. Chermak and has been published by Greenwood this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with SOCIAL SCIENCE categories.
Describes some of the most famous crimes and court trials in the United States from 1919 to 2004, including cases involving John Scopes, Alger Hiss, Ted Bundy, O.J. Simpson, and Scott Peterson.
Crimes And Trials Of The Century 2 Volumes 2 Volumes
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Author : Frankie Y. Bailey
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2007-10-30
Crimes And Trials Of The Century 2 Volumes 2 Volumes written by Frankie Y. Bailey and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-10-30 with Social Science categories.
What do O. J. Simpson, the Lindbergh baby, and Gary Gilmore have in common? They were all the focus of famous crimes and/or trials in the United States. In this two-volume set, historical and contemporary cases that not only shocked the nation but that also became a part of the popular and legal culture of the United States are discussed in vivid, and sometimes shocking, detail. Each chapter focuses on a different crime or trial and explores the ways in which each became famous in its own time. The fascinating cast of characters, the outrageous crimes, the involvement of the media, the actions of the police, and the trials that often surprised combine to offer here one of the most comprehensive sets of books available on the subject of famous U.S. crimes and trials. The public seems fascinated by crime. News and popular media sources provide a steady diet of stories, footage, and photographs about the misfortunes of others in order to satisfy this appetite. Murder, rape, terrorism, gang-related activities, and other violent crimes are staples. Various crime events are presented in the news every day, but most of what is covered is quickly forgotten. In contrast, some crimes left a lasting impression on the American psyche. Some examples include the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the bombing of the Murrah building in Oklahoma City, and the September 11th attacks. These events, and other significant cases, are immediately or on reflection talked about as crimes of the century. They earn this title not only because they generate enormous publicity, but because of their impact on American culture: they help define historical eras, influence public opinion about crime, change legal process, and focus concern about important social issues. They seep into many other shared aspects of social life: public conversation, fiction and nonfiction, songs, poems, films, and folk tales. This set focuses on the many crimes of the century of the last 100 years. In vivid detail, each crime is laid out, the investigation is discussed, the media reaction is described, the trial (if there was one) is narrated, the resolution is explored, and the significance of the case in terms of its social, political, popular, and legal relevance is examined. Illustrations and sidebars are scattered throughout to enliven the text; print and electronic resources for further reading and research are offered for those wishing to dig deeper. Cases include the Scopes Monkey trial, Ted Bundy, Timothy McVeigh, O.J. Simpson, Leopold and Loeb, Fatty Arbuckle, Al Capone, JonBenet Ramsey, the Lacy Peterson murder, Abu Ghraib, Columbine and more.
Death On Demand
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Author : Michael DeCesare
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2015-07-01
Death On Demand written by Michael DeCesare and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-01 with Social Science categories.
Death on Demand explores the polarizing role of Jack Kevorkian—“Dr. Death”—as the most visible leader of the right-to-die movement. From a feature on the cover of Time magazine to interviews on shows like 60 Minutes, Kevorkian was a high-profile figure in the right-to-die movement, capturing constant media attention as he helped more than one hundred people kill themselves. The book opens with the death of Janet Adkins in 1990—Kevorkian’s first assisted suicide—then travels back to Kevorkian’s medical school days and follows his nearly four decades as a lone activist. Death on Demand draws on Kevorkian’s interviews and published work as well as newspaper and magazine articles to describe the doctor’s publicity stunts, criminal trials, years in prison, and activities after he was paroled. Author Michael DeCesare examines Kevorkian’s actions in the context of the right-to-die movement to understand his crucial role in bringing the controversial practice of assisted suicide into the public conversation.
Talking About Torture
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Author : Jared Del Rosso
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2015-06-09
Talking About Torture written by Jared Del Rosso and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-09 with Social Science categories.
When the photographs depicting torture at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison were released in 2004, U.S. politicians attributed the incident to a few bad apples in the American military, exonerated high-ranking members of the George W. Bush administration, promoted Guantánamo as a model prison, and dismissed the illegality of the CIA's use of "enhanced interrogation." By the end of the Bush administration, members of both major congressional parties had come to denounce enhanced interrogation as torture and argue for the closing of Guantánamo. What initiated this shift? In Talking About Torture, Jared Del Rosso reviews transcripts from congressional hearings and scholarship on denial, torture, and state violence to document this wholesale change in rhetoric and attitude toward the use of torture by the CIA and the U.S. military during the War on Terror. He plots the evolution of the "torture issue" in U.S. politics and its manipulation by politicians to serve various ends. Most important, Talking About Torture integrates into the debate about torture the testimony of those who suffered under American interrogation practices and demonstrates how the conversation continues to influence current counterterrorism policies, such as the reliance on drones.
The Social History Of Crime And Punishment In America
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Author : Wilbur R. Miller
language : en
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Release Date : 2012-07-20
The Social History Of Crime And Punishment In America written by Wilbur R. Miller and has been published by SAGE Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-20 with History categories.
Several encyclopedias overview the contemporary system of criminal justice in America, but full understanding of current social problems and contemporary strategies to deal with them can come only with clear appreciation of the historical underpinnings of those problems. Thus, this five-volume work surveys the history and philosophy of crime, punishment, and criminal justice institutions in America from colonial times to the present. It covers the whole of the criminal justice system, from crimes, law enforcement and policing, to courts, corrections and human services. Among other things, this encyclopedia: explicates philosophical foundations underpinning our system of justice; charts changing patterns in criminal activity and subsequent effects on legal responses; identifies major periods in the development of our system of criminal justice; and explores in the first four volumes - supplemented by a fifth volume containing annotated primary documents - evolving debates and conflicts on how best to address issues of crime and punishment. Its signed entries in the first four volumes--supplemented by a fifth volume containing annotated primary documents--provide the historical context for students to better understand contemporary criminological debates and the contemporary shape of the U.S. system of law and justice.
Trials Of Abu Ghraib
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Author : S. G. Mestrovic
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-01-08
Trials Of Abu Ghraib written by S. G. Mestrovic and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-08 with Social Science categories.
'Offers a front row seat at the courts martial of those accused in America's notorious prison abuse scandal.' -Adam Zagorin, senior correspondent, Time Magazine 'A must-read for all those committed to restoring a sense of honor to our country and the Armed Forces of the United States following the national embarrassment of Abu Ghraib. The unlawful directives and policies issued by the senior civilian leaders in the Department of Defense, and their flawed strategy that took our nation to war, set the conditions for abuse that would have disastrous consequences on the war in Iraq and the future of the Middle East. Amazingly, as of this writing, senior leaders have yet to be held accountable. Read this book, become better informed, and energize your elected officials to do the right thing.' -Major General John Batiste, U.S. Army (Retired) S. G. Mestrovic's story of three principal trials-those of convicted soldiers Lynndie England, Javal Davis, and Sabrina Harman-stands among the most poignant trial narratives ever told. During the trials Mestrovic, an expert witness on behalf of the three soldiers, had access to documents and records unavailable to the press and the public. He reveals the evidence, some suppressed from testimony, that the abuse at Abu Ghraib is part of a widespread pattern of abuse, imported from Guantanamo, that made its way to Afghanistan and Iraq.
Handbuch Visuelle Kommunikationsforschung
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Author : Katharina Lobinger
language : de
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Release Date : 2019-10-25
Handbuch Visuelle Kommunikationsforschung written by Katharina Lobinger and has been published by Springer-Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-25 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Das Handbuch liefert einen umfassenden Einblick in zentrale Theorien, Forschungsfelder, Methoden und aktuelle Herausforderungen der Visuellen Kommunikationsforschung. Ziel ist es, einen State of the Art-Überblick über das dynamische Forschungsfeld zu geben, dabei traditionelle wie innovative Themenbereiche abzubilden, methodische Anleitungen zu geben und für kritische Aspekte der visuellen Forschung zu sensibilisieren.
Ein Leben F R Die Freiheit
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Author : Michael Koch
language : de
Publisher: TraumFaenger Verlag
Release Date : 2021-07-31
Ein Leben F R Die Freiheit written by Michael Koch and has been published by TraumFaenger Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-31 with Political Science categories.
"Ich habe keine Gegenwart. Ich habe nur eine Vergangenheit. Und vielleicht, eine Zukunft. Die Gegenwart hat man mir genommen. (Leonard Peltier) Seit vier Jahrzehnten spaltet der Fall des indianischen politischen Gefangenen Leonard Peltier die amerikanische Gesellschaft in Befürworter und Gegner seiner Freiheit. Weltweit bewegen Leben, Leistungen und Leiden des mittlerweile 71jährigen Peltiers Millionen von Menschen. Und niemals zuvor haben sich so viele Prominente aus Politik, Wissenschaft, Musik-, Mode-, Film- und Literaturbereich, Glaubensgemeinschaften und Nobelpreisträgern für die Freiheit eines politischen Gefangenen eingesetzt. Das vorliegende Buch bindet Leben, Fall und Haft des indianischen Aktivisten Leonard Peltier ein in die Völkermordgeschichte an den Indianern Nordamerikas, in die Situation in und um die Pine Ridge Reservation Anfang der 70er Jahre sowie in die Geschichte des aufkommenden indianischen Protests und Widerstands und in die aktuelle Lage der indianischen Bevölkerung in den USA.
Jonbenet
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Author : Steve Thomas
language : en
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Release Date : 2011-04-01
Jonbenet written by Steve Thomas and has been published by St. Martin's Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-01 with True Crime categories.
Finally, the information you've been waiting for: who really killed JonBenet? Perhaps the most compelling murder case of our day, the death of six-year-old JonBenet Ramsey galvanized the nation-and years after it occurred, the mystery still endures. Who killed the young beauty queen and why? Who is covering up for whom and who is simply lying? In JonBenet, the most authoritative and comprehensive study of the Ramsey murder, a former lead Boulder Police detective, Steve Thomas, explores the case in vivid and fascinating detail-pointing the way toward an analysis of the evidence some deem too shocking to consider. Here, Thomas raises these and many other provocative questions: -How was the investigation botched from the beginning-and why did police so carelessly allow the crime scene to be tampered with? -Why were John and Patsy Ramsey protected from early questioning and any lie-detector tests, even though their stories and behavior were erratic, suspicious and inconsistent? -Why was crucial evidence ignored, why were certain key witnesses unquestioned by detectives, and why were the Ramseys privy to sensitive information about the case and even police reports?
It S The Little Things
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Author : Lena Williams
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date : 2002
It S The Little Things written by Lena Williams and has been published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Psychology categories.
Examines the small behaviors and habits that create barriers and misunderstandings between blacks and whites, drawing on case studies to reveal the various misconceptions and to explain what they mean and how to avoid them.