Race to injustice : lessons learned from the Duke lacrosse rape case / edited by Michael L. Seigel.
| Other author | Seigel, Michael L. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, ©2009. |
| Description | xx, 413 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The facts and only the facts / Robert J. Luck & Michael L. Seigel -- Faculty reactions, contentious debate, and academic freedom / Robert M. O'Neil -- The town-gown relationship / Sharon Rush -- Alcohol consumption on college campuses / George W. Dowdall -- Invisible criminality : male peer-support groups, alcohol, and the risk of aggressive sexual behavior / Michelle S. Jacobs -- Black Venus Hottentot revisited : gratuitous use of women of color's bodies and the role of race and gender in campus and academic reactions / Michèle Alexandre -- Racial politics and discretion in criminal law / Janine Young Kim -- The Duke lacrosse players and the media : why the fair trial-free press paradigm doesn't cut it anymore / Andrew E. Taslitz -- When prosecutorial discretion meets disaster capitalism / Lenese Herbert -- The Duke defendants reaped the benefits of a zealous defense--but do only the rich get real lawyers? / Rodney Uphoff -- An examination of the district attorney's alleged unethical conduct / Kenneth Williams -- The moment of truth : the decision to institute charges in a rape case / Michael L. Seigel -- The Duke lacrosse rape investigation : how not to do eyewitness-identification procedures / Gary L. Wells, Brian L. Cutler, & Lisa E. Hasel -- DNA profiling / Paul C. Giannelli -- Presuming guilt or protecting victims? : analyzing the special treatment of those accused of rape / Aviva Orenstein. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2008043688 |
| ISBN | 9781594605147 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1594605149 (alk. paper) |