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200 10$aHomicide by the rich and famous$b[electronic resource] $ea century of prominent killers /$fGini Graham Scott
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215   $a1 online resource (280 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [251]-256) and index.
327   $aContents; 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; Index
330   $aMany 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 motiv
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