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side of the building to be sure no one was watching, got into a garbage bag so only her head was visible, and lay there deathly still waiting for her mother.
Glenda said she was going to the old apartment to pick up mail and look for Tawana, but arrived a few minutes late. Her bad timing created one of the most notorious racial hoaxes in history. The plan went awry: Tawana was found by people in the neighborhood and when Glenda arrived and saw all the people gathered, she was concerned someone might have called the police. She waited a while, and as the police arrived, sirens screaming, she knew her only option was to report Tawana missing and hide their “plan.”
Tawana Brawley was taken to a nearby hospital and either could not or would not talk to anyone. When she had “calmed” down, she was unable to speak in complete sentences, and used only broken speech. In her own way, she affirmed that she had been abducted, raped, and held by four white racists, possibly law enforcement. Upon admittance to the hospital, the doctor saw no signs of rape, no blood, no bruises, no proof that a sexual assault had taken place. Several hours after her admittance, the doctor acquiesced to requests by the family and law enforcement and conducted a full physical examination. There was no sperm, no blood, no bruises, no tears, no contusions, and no nothing in her mouth, throat, vagina or rectum. There was no evidence to substantiate a claim of any type of assault. The police, the District Attorney and the Governor took this case of racial attack very seriously and began an intense investigation into the case.
As the police began to try to solve the case, the family closed itself off from authorities, and refused to talk about the situation. They also were receiving legal
Object Description
| Title | An argument for the criminal hoax |
| Author | Pellegrini, Laura A. |
| Author email | user1963@yahoo.com; teachpolsci@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Political Science |
| School | College of Letters, Arts and Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-08-20 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2008-10-13 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Renteln, Alison Dundes |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Wong, Janelle S. Newland, Chester A. |
| Abstract | Hoaxes are part of the fabric of history. While many provide humor and lighthearted joy, the criminal hoax does not. To date, researchers have included aspects of the criminal hoax in larger academic works. This is an original typology that sets forth the criminal hoax as a distinct part of the larger field of law and public policy. This work provides newly created definitions including four distinct categories of hoaxes: the monetary hoax, the attention getter hoax, the hate crime hoax and the racial hoax. It further illustrates these types with actual detailed accounts of hoaxes and provides insights to each one. It makes policy recommendations concerning the four categories of needs: 1. legislative action, 2. a nationwide statistical database of hoax events, 3. media involvement, and 4. law enforcement training and action to deal with criminal hoaxes. Finally, it recommends further research to identify the causes and motivations of vipers. The ultimate goal of this project is to find ways to eliminate criminal hoaxes. |
| Keyword | criminal hoax; hoax categories |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1659 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Pellegrini, Laura A. |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Pellegrini-2397 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume26/etd-Pellegrini-2397.pdf |
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| Title | Page 124 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 118 side of the building to be sure no one was watching, got into a garbage bag so only her head was visible, and lay there deathly still waiting for her mother. Glenda said she was going to the old apartment to pick up mail and look for Tawana, but arrived a few minutes late. Her bad timing created one of the most notorious racial hoaxes in history. The plan went awry: Tawana was found by people in the neighborhood and when Glenda arrived and saw all the people gathered, she was concerned someone might have called the police. She waited a while, and as the police arrived, sirens screaming, she knew her only option was to report Tawana missing and hide their “plan.” Tawana Brawley was taken to a nearby hospital and either could not or would not talk to anyone. When she had “calmed” down, she was unable to speak in complete sentences, and used only broken speech. In her own way, she affirmed that she had been abducted, raped, and held by four white racists, possibly law enforcement. Upon admittance to the hospital, the doctor saw no signs of rape, no blood, no bruises, no proof that a sexual assault had taken place. Several hours after her admittance, the doctor acquiesced to requests by the family and law enforcement and conducted a full physical examination. There was no sperm, no blood, no bruises, no tears, no contusions, and no nothing in her mouth, throat, vagina or rectum. There was no evidence to substantiate a claim of any type of assault. The police, the District Attorney and the Governor took this case of racial attack very seriously and began an intense investigation into the case. As the police began to try to solve the case, the family closed itself off from authorities, and refused to talk about the situation. They also were receiving legal |
