Patricia Bryan
Autore di Midnight Assassin: A Murder in America's Heartland
Sull'Autore
Patricia L. Bryan has been a professor of law at the University of North Carolina since 1982.
Opere di Patricia Bryan
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- c 1953
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Istruzione
- University of Iowa
Utenti
Recensioni
Liste
True Crime (1)
Premi e riconoscimenti
Potrebbero anche piacerti
Autori correlati
Statistiche
- Opere
- 2
- Utenti
- 131
- Popolarità
- #154,467
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 8
- ISBN
- 6
The authors manage to present everything from Elkins' background, through the crime, and into his rehabilitation while weaving in both Iowa and US legal history and still make it all readable and accessible. This is no small feat. Legal history, even when using a case as a frame, can be dry, but this was thoroughly enjoyable as well as educational.
While our justice system still has a (very) long way to go, this highlights at least one area where some improvement has been made. There is no ideal system, and even when dealing with minors we could still improve (especially where race and socioeconomic class intersect), but we have made some strides.
Highly recommended for both true crime readers and those interested in legal history. This is more than just the story of one case and as such it makes the reader think about other cases or 'what ifs.'
Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley.… (altro)