It's all the rage : crime and culture / Wendy Kaminer.
It's all the rage : crime and culture / Wendy Kaminer.
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Publisher
Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley, c1995.
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N364.150973/2
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Language
English
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Physical content
292 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents
1. Guilty Victims -- 2. Voyeurism and Vengeance -- 3. The Right Victims and Victims Rights -- 4. The Death Penalty - How It's Perceived -- 5. The Death Penalty - How It's Applied -- 6. The Prosecutor's Perspective -- 7. Knowledge Is Irrelevant - Federal Crime Control -- 8. Virtue Talk.
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Publisher
Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley, c1995.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
c1995.
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Summary
It's All the Rage takes off where Wendy Kaminer's witty, groundbreaking book on the self-help tradition, I'm Dysfunctional, You're Dysfunctional, left off: with the effects of popular psychology on criminal justice. There's something here to offend everybody. From the "abuse excuse" of the Menendez and Bobbitt cases and our confused notions of indi...
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It's all the rage : crime and culture / Wendy Kaminer.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-285) and index.
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c1995.
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N364.150973/2
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74VMBWkDlbQX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMBWkDlbQX
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ISBN
0201622742
9780201622744 :
0201622742 :
9780201622744
DDC
364.150973
MMS ID
991002429339702626
