Five dramatic trials of the twentieth century that dazzled the media and captivated the American public are the subject of this provocative book. In compelling and riveting narrative, the authors probe the sensational cases of Richard A. Loeb and Nathan F. Leopold, Jr., the Scottsboro "boys," Bruno Richard Hauptmann, Alger Hiss, and O. J. Simpson, highlighting significant lessons about criminal behavior and the administration of criminal justice.
- ISBN10 1555533604
- ISBN13 9781555533601
- Publish Date 16 October 1998
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 17 June 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Northeastern University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 288
- Language English