Murder on trial : 1620-2002 /
"This collection examines murder jurisprudence - the social rules that govern the arrest, trial, and punishment of people accused of murder - in the United States from the colonial period to the present. The contributors show how changing social mores have influenced the application of murder l...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
©2005.
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| Summary: | "This collection examines murder jurisprudence - the social rules that govern the arrest, trial, and punishment of people accused of murder - in the United States from the colonial period to the present. The contributors show how changing social mores have influenced the application of murder law by highlighting the ways cultural biases like racism, changing ideas about childhood and insanity, and the ameliorative effects of middle class status and paternal imagery both helped and handicapped persons accused of murder. Such famous cases as the Lizzie Borden axe murder and African American activist Abu-Jamal's murder trial are included."--Jacket |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 279 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1423748042 9781423748045 079146377X 9780791463772 0791463788 9780791463789 9780791483619 0791483614 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |