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The price of silence : the Duke lacrosse scandal, the power of the elite, and the corruption of our great universities / William D. Cohan.

by Cohan, William D.

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Scribner, 2014.

Rape -- North Carolina -- Durham.

Rape -- Investigation -- North Carolina -- Durham.

Trials (Rape) -- North Carolina -- Durham.

Malicious accusation -- North Carolina -- Durham.

Lacrosse players -- North Carolina -- Durham.

Prosecution -- Corrupt practices -- North Carolina -- Durham.

9781451681796 (hc.)

1451681798 (hc.)

Alternate title:

Duke lacrosse scandal, the power of the elite, and the corruption of our great universities

First Scribner hardcover edition.

xiii, 653 pages ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (page 621) and index.

"We've got dancers coming" -- Frat life -- An alleged rape -- Conflagration -- The new Duke -- Forty-six DNA swabs -- A sudden resignation -- "Two indictments" -- Unanswered questions -- "Witch hunts go in stages" -- Nifong loses control of the narrative -- Election day -- New revelations -- The hunter becomes the hunted -- "She believed many of the stories she was telling" -- Insufficient credible evidence -- "The only person incarcerated" -- Bad karma -- Epilogue : national championship -- Acknowledgments -- Note on sources.

"The story of the 2006 Duke lacrosse team rape case -- the definitive account of what happens when unbridled ambition, intellectual elitism, athletic prowess, aggressive sexual behavior, racial bias, and absolute prosecutorial authority -- collide and then explode on a powerful university campus, in the justice system, and in the media. Duke University had decided to compete directly with the Ivy League for the best students and with its Division I rivals for supremacy in selected sports -- most famously men's basketball, where Duke has become a perennial powerhouse and the winner of four national championships. The pursuit of excellence in such diverse realms put extraordinary strains on the campus culture and warped the university's academic ethos. Duke became known for its "work hard, play hard" dynamic, and specifically for its wild off-campus parties, where it seemed almost anything could happen. The scandal's events -- the night in question, the local police investigation, Duke's actions, the lacrosse players' defense tactics, and the furious campus politics. As the scandal developed, different actors fought to control the narrative. At stake were not just the futures of the accused players, the reputation of the woman claiming she was raped, and the career of the local prosecutor, but also the venerable and carefully nurtured name of Duke University itself -- the Duke brand, exceedingly valuable when competing for elite students, world-class athletes, talented professors, and the financial support of its nationally prominent, deep-pocketed alumni. The battle for power involved the Duke administration, led by its president, Richard Brodhead; the Duke board of trustees, which included several titans of Wall Street; the faculty, comprising a number of outspoken critics of the lacrosse players; the athletes' parents, many of whom were well connected in Washington and New York and able to hire expensive counsel to defend their sons; and, ultimately, the justice system of North Carolina, which took over the controversial case and rendered its judgment. The price of resolving the scandal proved extraordinarily high, both in terms of unexpected human suffering and the stratospheric costs of settling legal claims. The Price of Silence is a story unlike any other, yet sheds light on what is really happening on campuses around the country"--Provided by publisher.

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