| Our Guys Contributor(s): Lefkowitz, Bernard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0375702695 ISBN-13: 9780375702693 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1998 Annotation: In March 1989 a group of teenage boys lured a retarded girl into a basement in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, and gang-raped her. Glen Ridge was the kind of peaceful, affluent suburb many Americans dream about. The rapists were its most popular high school athletes. And although rumors of the crime quickly spread through the town, weeks passed before anyone saw fit to report it to the police. What made these boys capable of brutalizing a girl that some of them had known since childhood? Why did so many of their elders deny the rape and rally around its perpetrators? To solve this riddle, the Edgar award-winning author Bernard Lefkowitz conducted years of research and more than two hundred interviews. The result is not just a wrenching story of crime and punishment, but a hauntingly nuanced portrait of America's jock culture and the hidden world of unrestrained adolescent sexuality. A "New York Times Notable Book of the Year A "Los Angeles Times Prize Finalist An Edgar Finalist |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Criminology - Psychology | Social Psychology - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 364.153 |
| LCCN: 98005131 |
| Physical Information: 1.05" H x 5.2" W x 8.01" (1.11 lbs) 528 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1980's - Chronological Period - 1990's - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A shocking true-crime story of America's jock culture and the hidden world of unrestrained adolescent sexuality in one seemingly idyllic suburban town. In March 1989 a group of teenage boys lured a retarded girl into a basement in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, and gang-raped her. Glen Ridge was the kind of peaceful, affluent suburb many Americans dream about. The rapists were its most popular high school athletes. And although rumors of the crime quickly spread through the town, weeks passed before anyone saw fit to report it to the police. What made these boys capable of brutalizing a girl that some of them had known since childhood? Why did so many of their elders deny the rape and rally around its perpetrators? To solve this riddle, the Edgar award-winning author Bernard Lefkowitz conducted years of research and more than two hundred interviews. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year A Los Angeles Times Prize Finalist An Edgar Award Finalist |
