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<p>O. J. Simpson. The Central Park jogger. Bensonhurst. William Kennedy Smith. Rodney King. These are more than crimes and criminals, more than court cases. They are cultural events that, for better or worse, gave concrete expression to latent social conflicts in American society. In <i>High-Profile Crimes,</i> Lynn Chancer explores how these cases became conflated with larger social causes on a collective level and how this phenomenon has affected the law, the media, and social movements.</p> <p>An astute and incisive chronicle of some of the most polarizing cases of the 1980s and 1990s, <i>High-Profile Crimes</i> shows that their landmark status results from the overlapping interaction of diverse participants. The merging of legal cases and social causes, Chancer argues, has wrought ambivalent effects on both social movements and the law. On the one hand, high-profile crimes offer important opportunities for emotional expression and raise awareness of social issues. But on the other hand, social problems cannot be resolved through the either/or determinations that are the goals of the legal system, creating frustration for those who look to the outcome of these cases for social p

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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Howard P. Greenwald
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press; University of Chicago Press
Published
2010
Language
EN
ISBN
9786612537493
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Science, History, Medical

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