Institutional failures : Duke lacrosse, universities, the news media, and the legal system /

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Imprint:	Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., ©2011.
Description:	1 online resource (vi, 212 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Duke Blue Devils (Lacrosse team) Duke Blue Devils (Lacrosse team) Prosecutorial misconduct -- North Carolina -- Durham. Malicious accusation -- North Carolina -- Durham. Rape -- Investigation -- North Carolina -- Durham. Mass media and criminal justice -- United States. Malicious accusation. Mass media and criminal justice. Prosecutorial misconduct. Rape -- Investigation. North Carolina -- Durham. United States. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11278674

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Other authors / contributors:	Wasserman, Howard M.
ISBN:	9780754697244 075469724X 9780754678731 0754678733
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-207) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	The authors of this new collection argue that the many disparate facets of the now-infamous Duke University lacrosse controversy are best understood in the context of the three major socio-legal institutions in which this drama played out: the legal system, the American university, and the news media. These essays consider the role these institutions played in this case, and the lessons it might teach about the appropriate conduct and function of each of them.
Other form:	Print version: Institutional failures. Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., ©2011 9780754678731

Table of Contents:

An institutional perspective on the Duke lacrosse case / Howard M. Wasserman
When good prosecutors go bad : from prosecutorial discretion to prosecutorial misconduct / Angela J. Davis
Duke lacrosse, prosecutorial misconduct, and the limits of the civil justice system / Sam Kamin
The perils of academic groupthink / K.C. Johnson
The Duke lacrosse saga : administration versus students and faculty, among others / Robert M. O'Neil
In the shadow of Duke : college sport and the academy divided / Ellen J. Staurowsky
Justice delayed / Rachel Smolkin
Not just sloppy journalism, but a profound ethical failure : media coverage of the Duke lacrosse case / Jane E. Kirtley
Covering the notorious case : narrative and the need for sensationalism done well / Craig L. LaMay.

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