Our Guys: The Glen Ridge Rape and the Secret Life of the Perfect Suburb

By: Bernard Lefkowitz

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Synopsis: 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.

Book Quality:: Excellent
Book Size:: 517 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780375702693
Publisher:: Random House, Inc.
Date of Addition:: 11/14/13
Copyrighted By:: Bernard Lefkowitz
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Disability-Related, Social Studies, Sociology
Submitted By:: BookLady
Proofread By:: Marilyn
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.