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"In 1989, a teenaged girl with the mental capacity of an 8-year-old was raped in the expensive suburban community of Glen Ridge, New Jersey -- the hometown of Tom Cruise. She was raped with a baseball bat and a broomstick, and the perpetrators appeared to be star players on the high school football team. Lefkowitz explores how this could have happened, how the community responded to this horror, and the travesty of "justice" attempted in court. The book is somewhat impassioned and not entirely well written (Lefkowitz can't seem to get the title of the Beastie Boys' debut album right), but the story is compelling in a ghastly sort of way."
David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Kind Of History
Time of history:
- 1990's
- 1980's
History of disaster/tragedy?
Yes
Nationality?
- American--General
Subjects of this Historical Account
Is the portrayal sympathetic?
- Somewhat unsympathetic
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Style
How much gore?
- 3 ()
How fast-paced is the book?
- 3 ()
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to torture
Book makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
How much focus on stories of individuals?
- Focuses mostly on history of key players
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- use of artificial tools
- rape (yeech!)
Minor characters feature lots of:
- police/investigators
- lawyer creatures
Pictures/Illustrations?
- A handful
Length of book
- 450 pages+
How much emphasis on small details?
- 4 ()
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