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Online-Ressource (310 p.)
ISBN:
9780814735275
Series Statement:
Critical America Series
Content:
In 1971, Paul Harris pioneered the modern version of the black rage defense when he successfully defended a young black man charged with armed bank robbery. Dubbed one of the most novel criminal defenses in American history by Vanity Fair, the black rage defense is enormously controversial, frequently dismissed as irresponsible, nothing less than a harbinger of anarchy. Consider the firestorm of protest that resulted when the defense for Colin Ferguson, the gunman who murdered numerous passengers on a New York commuter train, claimed it was considering a black rage defense. In this thought-pro
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Black Rage Defense, 1846: The Trial of William Freeman; Chapter 2 The Black Rage Defense, 1971; Chapter 3 The Law: Its Myths and Rituals; Chapter 4 Black Rage 1971: The Case of James Johnson, Jr.; Chapter 5 James Johnson's Workers' Compensation Case; Chapter 6 Racism, Rage, and Criminal Defenses; Chapter 7 To Use or Not to Use The Black Rage Defense; Chapter 8 Race, Class, and the Trials of Clarence Darrow; Chapter 9 A Survey of Black Rage Cases; Chapter 10 Urban War Zones
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Chapter 11 White Rage-Hate CrimesChapter 12 White Rage-Do Prisons Cause Crime?; Chapter 13 The Cultural Defense and the Trials of Patrick Hooty Croy; Chapter 14 "Remake the World"; Notes; Index;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780814744765
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780814735923
Additional Edition:
Print version Black Rage Confronts the Law
Language:
English
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