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Author:	Bernard Lefkowitz	Format:	Paperback
Publisher:	Random House Inc	Edition:	1
ISBN-10:	0375702695	Edition Description:	Illustrated
ISBN-13:	9780375702693	Educational Level:	--
Product Type:	--	Publication Year:	1998
Subject:	Law & Government	Language:	English
Condition:	Acceptable

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By setting his unflinching study of a celebrated case of sexual assault firmly within the cultural context of middle-class suburban life, Lefkowitz has produced a secular morality tale told with a level of evocative detail that is almost novelistic in its impact. Backed by by more than 200 interviews conducted over six years of research, "Our Guys" delineates in exhaustive detail the multiple failures on the part of parents, educators, and the criminal justice system that have produced what he calls "the secret life of a perfect suburb."
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Length:	516 pages
Height:	8.3 in.
Width:	5.3 in.
Thickness:	1.2 in.
Weight:	17.6 oz.

Publisher's Note
In 1989 a group of teenaged boys lured a retarded girl into a basement in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, where four of them raped her while the others watched. In this gripping book, Lefkowitz examines the characters of these boys, reconstructs the reluctant police investigation, and delves into the reasons why these boys from an affluent neighborhood could behave in this way. Photos. 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 YearA Los Angeles Times Prize FinalistAn Edgar Finalist
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"Gripping....Lefkowitz takes one single event and brings his readers face to face with the smug arrogance of predatory male sexual entitlement. And he does it not with a sweeping analysis but with a novelist's eye for precise detail, a tightly wound tale, elegantly told." advertisement - Michael Kimmel "A scathing indictment of the seemingly paradisiacal town of Glen Ridge, NJ, which bred the young men who brutally raped a retarded teenager--and have yet to pay the price for it....A shocking and horrifying example of cultural dysfunction that, the author asserts, is not limited to Glen Ridge." Kimmel "...[T]his is an important book, one that should be read by parents and educators alike, for if we are raising our male children to be feral, which is to say, if they are becoming incapable of empathy for others, especially their female counterparts, then what will their children be like?" Kennedy "An important book, a valuable record of how parents, teachers and coaches collude in creating All-American monsters." Jensen

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