Edgar W. Butler is Professor of Sociology, University of California, Riverside.Hiroshi Fukurai is Associate Professor of Sociology, University of California, Santa Cruz.Jo-Ellan Dimitrius is Trial Consultant and Director, Forensic Technologies International (FTI) Corporation, Los Angeles.Richard Krooth is Adjunct Professor, Golden Gate University, San Francisco.

This in-depth analysis has much to offer students of criminal justice, constitutional law, psychiatry, and the media.

• Chapter 1 PrefaceChapter 2 AcknowledgmentsChapter 3 An OverviewChapter 4 The Evolution of ChargesChapter 5 Pretrial Publicity: A Media EventChapter 6 Pretrial Publicity: The Public's ViewChapter 7 Preliminary HearingsChapter 8 Pretrial Events Before the First McMartin TrialChapter 9 Impaneling the McMartin Jury: Scientific Defense Jury SelectionChapter 10 The First McMartin TrialChapter 11 The Jurors and their Verdicts: The First TrialChapter 12 The AftermathChapter 13 The Second McMartin TrialChapter 14 Constitutional Rights: Child Abuse Victims and Alleged PerpetratorsChapter 15 The Rights of Victims and Alleged PerpetratorsChapter 16 EpilogueChapter 17 EndnotesChapter 18 Subject IndexChapter 19 Name Index