03362oam 2200769 a 450 991096376410332120200520144314.097984006662619786612406027978128240602512824060279780313024757031302475810.5040/9798400666261(CKB)1000000000807755(EBL)554354(OCoLC)62320287(SSID)ssj0000338674(PQKBManifestationID)11252288(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000338674(PQKBWorkID)10299112(PQKB)10094550(Au-PeEL)EBL554354(CaPaEBR)ebr10349488(CaONFJC)MIL240602(MiAaPQ)EBC554354(DLC)BP9798400666261BC(Perlego)4168115(EXLCZ)99100000000080775520240214e20052024 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHomicide by the rich and famous a century of prominent killers /Gini Graham Scott1st ed.Westport, Conn. :Praeger,2005.London :Bloomsbury Publishing (UK),20241 online resource (280 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780275983468 0275983463 Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-256) and index.Contents; Introduction; CHAPTER 1: A Matter of Motive; CHAPTER 2: What's the Method?; CHAPTER 3: Hiring Help; CHAPTER 4: The Big Cover-Up; CHAPTER 5: Family, Friends, and High Places; CHAPTER 6: The Power of the Police, Press, Personality, and Politics; CHAPTER 7: Legal Power?; CHAPTER 8: When Rich Kids Kill; CHAPTER 9: Losing It; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; IndexMany people express shock and horror when they hear of a wealthy or famous person killing another person. As a society, we seem to expect the rich and famous to behave better, to commit fewer crimes, to be immune to the passions that inspire other, less prominent people to kill. After all, the rich and famous have everything-why would they need to murder? But the rich and famous kill for the very same reasons others do: love, power, money, jealousy, greed, revenge, and rage. Here, Scott takes us on a tour of murders committed by the rich and famous during the last century, looking at the motivCelebritiesUnited StatesHistoryCase studiesHomicideUnited StatesHistoryCase studiesMurderUnited StatesHistoryCase studiesMurderersUnited StatesHistoryCase studiesRich peopleUnited StatesHistoryCase studiesTrials (Murder)United StatesHistoryCase studiesCelebritiesHistoryHomicideHistoryMurderHistoryMurderersHistoryRich peopleHistoryTrials (Murder)History364.152/3/09730904Scott Gini Graham621086DLCDLCDLCBOOK9910963764103321Homicide by the rich and famous4338610UNINA