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The price of silence : the Duke lacrosse scandal, the power of the elite, and the corruption of our great universities / William D. Cohan.

By: Cohan, William D.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Scribner, 2014Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (page 621) and index.Description: xiii, 653 pages ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781451681796 (hbk.); 1451681798 (hbk.).Subject(s): Rape -- North Carolina -- Durham | Malicious accusation -- North Carolina -- Durham | Rape -- Investigation -- North Carolina -- Durham | Trials (Rape) -- North Carolina -- Durham | Lacrosse players -- North Carolina -- Durham | Prosecution -- Corrupt practices -- North Carolina -- DurhamDDC classification: 364.15/3209756563
Contents:
"We've got dancers coming" -- Frat life -- An alleged rape -- Conflagration -- The new Duke -- Forty-six DNA swabs -- A sudden resignation -- A dark day for Duke -- Unanswered questions -- "Witch hunts go in stages" -- Nifong loses control of the narrative -- Election day -- New revelations -- The hunter becomes the hunted -- "She believed many of the stories she was telling" -- Insufficient credible evidence -- "The only person incarcerated" -- Bad karma -- Epilogue : national championship -- The denouement -- Acknowledgments -- Note on sources -- Index --.
Summary: An authoritative account of the Duke lacrosse team rape case illuminates the ever-widening gap between America's rich and poor, and demonstrates how far the powerful will go to protect themselves.
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Two Weeks Davenport Library Circulating Collection Print-Circulating 364.1532 C660 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34284003492493

Includes bibliographical references (page 621) and index.

"We've got dancers coming" -- Frat life -- An alleged rape -- Conflagration -- The new Duke -- Forty-six DNA swabs -- A sudden resignation -- A dark day for Duke -- Unanswered questions -- "Witch hunts go in stages" -- Nifong loses control of the narrative -- Election day -- New revelations -- The hunter becomes the hunted -- "She believed many of the stories she was telling" -- Insufficient credible evidence -- "The only person incarcerated" -- Bad karma -- Epilogue : national championship -- The denouement -- Acknowledgments -- Note on sources -- Index --.

An authoritative account of the Duke lacrosse team rape case illuminates the ever-widening gap between America's rich and poor, and demonstrates how far the powerful will go to protect themselves.

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