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A false report : a true story of rape in America / T. Christian Miller and Ken Armstrong.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781524759933 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 291 pages : maps ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Crown, [2018]
- Copyright: ©2018
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Subject: | Rape > United States > Case studies. Rape victims > United States > Case studies. Police charges > United States > Case studies. Rape > Investigation > United States > Case studies. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | 364.15320979771 Mil | 31681010086205 | NONFIC | Available | - |
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Two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists present the true story of two detectives who teamed up to discern the truth about a case involving a teen who was charged with falsely reporting a rape, an investigation that revealed the work of a serial rapist in multiple states. - Baker & Taylor
Presents the true story of two detectives who teamed up to discern the truth about a case involving a teen who was charged with falsely reporting a rape, an investigation that revealed the work of a serial rapist in multiple states. - Random House, Inc.
Now the Netflix Limited Series Unbelievable, starring Toni Collette, Merritt Wever, and Kaitlyn Dever ⢠Two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists tell the riveting true crime story of a teenager charged with lying about having been rapedâand the detectives who followed a winding path to arrive at the truth.
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âGripping . . . [with a] John Grishamâworthy twist.ââEmily Bazelon, New York Times Book Review (Editorsâ Choice)
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On August 11, 2008, eighteen-year-old Marie reported that a masked man broke into her apartment near Seattle, Washington, and raped her. Within days police and even those closest to Marie became suspicious of her story. The police swiftly pivoted and began investigating Marie. Confronted with inconsistencies in her story and the doubts of others, Marie broke down and said her story was a lieâa bid for attention. Police charged Marie with false reporting, and she was branded a liar.Â
More than two years later, Colorado detective Stacy Galbraith was assigned to investigate a case of sexual assault. Describing the crime to her husband that night, Galbraith learned that the case bore an eerie resemblance to a rape that had taken place months earlier in a nearby town. She joined forces with the detective on that case, Edna Hendershot, and the two soon discovered they were dealing with a serial rapist: a man who photographed his victims, threatening to release the images online, and whose calculated steps to erase all physical evidence suggested he might be a soldier or a cop. Through meticulous police work the detectives would eventually connect the rapist to other attacks in Coloradoâand beyond.
Based on investigative files and extensive interviews with the principals, A False Report is a serpentine tale of doubt, lies, and a hunt for justice, unveiling the disturbing truth of how sexual assault is investigated todayâand the long history of skepticism toward rape victims.Â
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