University Press of America
Pages: 368
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Trim: 5¾ x 8¾
978-0-7618-1983-7 • Hardback • May 2001 • $111.00 • (£85.00)
Edgar W. Butler is Professor of Sociology, University of California, Riverside.
Hiroshi Fukurai is Associate Professor of Sociology, University of California, Santa Cruz.
Jo-Ellan Dimitrius is Trial Consultant and Director, Forensic Technologies International (FTI) Corporation, Los Angeles.
Richard Krooth is Adjunct Professor, Golden Gate University, San Francisco.
Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Acknowledgments
Chapter 3 An Overview
Chapter 4 The Evolution of Charges
Chapter 5 Pretrial Publicity: A Media Event
Chapter 6 Pretrial Publicity: The Public's View
Chapter 7 Preliminary Hearings
Chapter 8 Pretrial Events Before the First McMartin Trial
Chapter 9 Impaneling the McMartin Jury: Scientific Defense Jury Selection
Chapter 10 The First McMartin Trial
Chapter 11 The Jurors and their Verdicts: The First Trial
Chapter 12 The Aftermath
Chapter 13 The Second McMartin Trial
Chapter 14 Constitutional Rights: Child Abuse Victims and Alleged Perpetrators
Chapter 15 The Rights of Victims and Alleged Perpetrators
Chapter 16 Epilogue
Chapter 17 Endnotes
Chapter 18 Subject Index
Chapter 19 Name Index
This in-depth analysis has much to offer students of criminal justice, constitutional law, psychiatry, and the media.
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