| Description |
1 online resource (383 pages) |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Introduction; I Crimes of Passion (The Doctrine of Provocation); 1 Female Infidelity; 2 Unreasonable Women, Gay Men, and Men of Color; 3 Gay Panic; 4 Culture and Crime; II Crimes of Fear (The Doctrine of Self-Defense); 5 An Overview of the Doctrine of Self-Defense; 6 Race and Self-Defense; 7 Race and Police Use of Deadly Force; III Rethinking Reasonableness; 8 The Elusive Meaning of Reasonableness; 9 Toward a Normative Conception of Reasonableness; 10 The Act-Emotion Distinction; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author |
| Summary |
A man murders his wife after she has admitted her infidelity; another man kills an openly gay teammate after receiving a massage; a third man, white, goes for a jog in a "bad" neighborhood, carrying a pistol, and shoots an African American teenager who had his hands in his pockets. When brought before the criminal justice system, all three men argue that they should be found "not guilty"; the first two use the defense of provocation, while the third argues he used his gun in self-defense. Drawing upon these and similar cases, Cynthia Lee shows how two well-established, traditional criminal law |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-364) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Judicial process -- Social aspects
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Murder -- United States
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Provocation (Criminal law) -- United States
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Self-defense (Law) -- United States
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Judicial process -- Social aspects
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Murder
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Provocation (Criminal law)
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Self-defense (Law)
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780814752838 |
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0814752837 |
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