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Pelonero, Catherine.
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Christopher, Joseph G., 1955-1993.
Serial murders -- New York (State) -- Case studies.
Serial murder investigation -- New York (State) -- Case studies.
Men, Black -- Violence against -- United States -- Case studies.
Men, Black -- Crimes against -- United States -- Case studies.
Blacks -- Violence against -- New York (State) -- Case studies.
Blacks -- Crimes against -- New York (State) -- Case studies.
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Pelonero, Catherine.
Christopher, Joseph G., 1955-1993.
Serial murders -- New York (State) -- Case studies.
Serial murder investigation -- New York (State) -- Case studies.
Men, Black -- Violence against -- United States -- Case studies.
Men, Black -- Crimes against -- United States -- Case studies.
Blacks -- Violence against -- New York (State) -- Case studies.
Blacks -- Crimes against -- New York (State) -- Case studies.
MARC Display
Absolute
madness
: a
true
story
of a
serial
killer
,
race
, and a
city
divided
/ Catherine Pelonero.
by
Pelonero, Catherine.
Skyhorse Publishing, 2017.
Call #:
364.15232 P392a
Subjects
Christopher, Joseph G., 1955-1993.
Serial
murders -- New York (State) -- Case studies.
Serial
murder investigation -- New York (State) -- Case studies.
Men, Black -- Violence against -- United States -- Case studies.
Men, Black -- Crimes against -- United States -- Case studies.
Blacks -- Violence against -- New York (State) -- Case studies.
Blacks -- Crimes against -- New York (State) -- Case studies.
ISBN:
9781510719835 (hc.)
Description:
470 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 440-459) and index.
Summary:
"The disturbing
true
story
of Joseph Christopher, a white
serial
killer
who targeted black males and struck fear into the residents of Buffalo and New York
City
in the 1980s. Dubbed both the .22-Caliber
Killer
and the Midtown Slasher, Christopher allegedly claimed eighteen victims, killing at least twelve, during a savage four-month spree across the state. The investigation, aided by famed FBI profiler John Douglas, drew national attention and biting criticism from Jesse Jackson and other civil rights leaders. The
killer
, when at last he was unmasked, seemed an unlikely candidate to have held New York in a grip of terror. His capture was neither the end of the
story
nor the end of the racial strife, which flared anew during circuitous prosecutions and judicial rulings that prompted cries of a double standard in the justice system. Diagnosed as suffering from paranoid schizophrenia, he was sentenced to life imprisonment. He died in prison due to a rare form of male breast cancer in 1993 at the age of 37"--Provided by publisher.
Genre:
True
crime.
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