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4 Tila Tequila “I Love U” music video snippet, YouTube.com,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyt5PA4v0wc
.

5 Spike Guys’ Choice Awards, Wikipedia,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_Guys’_Choice_Awards
.

6 Tila Tequila, Wikipedia,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tila_Tequila
.

7 “3 Year Old Crying Over Justin Bieber,” Youtube.com,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTCm8tdHkfI
.

8
Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell
transcript, Headline News Channel, July 6, 2010,
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1007/06/ijvm.01.html
.

9 Alexandra Petri, “Why is America Googling Lindsay Lohan’s fingernail?,”
Washington
Post,
July 7, 2010,
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2010/07/why_is_america_ googling_lindsa.html
.

10 Bryan Walsh, “The Electrifying Edison,”
Time
, June 23, 2010,
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1999143_1999200,00.html
.

11 Deborah Sontag, “In Haiti, the Displaced Are Left Clinging to the Edge,”
New York
Times
, July 10, 2010,
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/11/world/americas/11haiti.html
.

12 “Gibson’s Anti-Semitic Tirade—Alleged Cover Up,” TMZ Staff, July 28, 2006,
http://www.tmz.com/2006/07/28/gibsons-anti-semitic-tirade-alleged-cover-up
.

13 Michael Cieply, “Stars, Cameras and Theatrics Strain Courts,”
New York Times
, July 9, 2010,
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/10/us/10celebrity.html
.

14 Sam Vaknin, Ph.D.,
Malignant Self Love
,
http://samvak.tripod.com/faq19.html
.

15 Drew Pinsky, M.D.,
The Mirror Effect: How Celebrity Narcissism Is Seducing America
(New York: Harper, 2009), 6.

16 “Julia Roberts stuns yogurt shop customers,”
New York Post
, March 23, 2010,
http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/earthly_visit_Jnj1il6hH7HFkYRxxnkcFO
.

17 YourDictionary.com,
http://www.yourdictionary.com/venerate
.

18 Luchina Fisher, “Obsessive Fan of Paula Abdul Commits Suicide,” ABC News, November 13, 2008,
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=6241069&page=1
.

19 Ibid.

Chapter 5: The Players

1 Inbar, Michael, “Admitted Tiger Mistress: No $, Only Heartbreak,”
Today Show,
December 11, 2009,
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/34376988
.

2 Cristine Everette, “Tiger Woods Was Nicknamed ‘Urkel’ by Teammates on His College Golf Team,”
New York Daily News,
April 13, 2010,
http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2010/04/13/2010-0413_tiger_woods_was_nicknamed_urkel_by_teammates_on_his_college_golf_team.html
.

3
Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous
:
The Basic Text for The Augustine Fellowship,
published by the Augustine Fellowship, June 1986, p. 47.

4 Keith Morrison, “Dateline NBC: Battling sexual addiction,” NBC News, February 24, 2004,
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4302347
.

5 Bill Maher, “New Rule: Stop Saying ‘Sex Addict’ Like It’s a Bad Thing,”
Huffington Post
, February 26, 2010,
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-maher/new-rule-stop-saying-sex_ b_478545.html
.

6 Keith Morrison, “Dateline NBC: Battling sexual addiction,” NBC News, February 24, 2004,
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4302347
.

7
Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous: The Basic Text for The Augustine Fellowship,
published by the Augustine Fellowship, June 1986, p. 34.

8 Keith Morrison, “Dateline NBC: Battling sexual addiction,” NBC News, February 24, 2004,
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4302347
.

9 Lisa DePaulo, “Hello America, My Name Is Rielle Hunter,”
GQ
, April 2010,
http://www.gq.com/news-politics/politics/201004/rielle-hunter-john-edwards-exclusive-interview
.

10 Brenda Shaeffer,
Is It Love or Is It Addiction?
2nd ed. (Center City, MN: Hazelden, 1997), 25 and 26.

11 Lisa DePaulo, “Hello America, My Name Is Rielle Hunter,”
GQ
, April 2010,
http://www.gq.com/news-politics/politics/201004/rielle-hunter-john-edwards-exclusive-interview
.

12 Mark Langford, “Family Life ‘Best Thing Ever’ for Tiger Woods,” Sky News Online, December 15, 2009,
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Golf-Star-Tiger-Woods-Praised-Family-In-Last-TV-Interview-Before-Scandal-As-Cori-Rist-Claims-Affair/Article/200912315500700
.

13 “Tiger Apologizes, Heads Back to Therapy,” transcript,
Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell
, February 19, 2010,
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1002/19/ijvm.01.html
.

14 Rebecca Leung, “Porn in the U.S.A.: Steve Kroft Reports on a $10 Billion Industry,” September 5, 2004,
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/11/21/60minutes/main585049.shtml
.

15 Theatrical Market Statistics. Motion Picture Association of America, 2009,
http://mpaa.org/Resources/091af5d6-faf7-4f58-9a8e-405466c1c5e5.pdf
and “Statistics on Pornography, Sexual Addiction and Online Perpetrators,” SafeFamilies.org,
http://www.safefamilies.org/sfStats.php
.

16 “Statistics on Pornography, Sexual Addiction and Online Perpetrators,” SafeFamilies.org,
http://www.safefamilies.org/sfStats.php
.

17 Rebecca Leung, “Porn in the U.S.A.: Steve Kroft Reports on a $10 Billion Industry,” September 5, 2004,
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/11/21/60minutes/main585049.shtml
.

18 Ibid.; and Frank Rich, “Naked Capitalists: There’s No Business Like Porn Business,”
New
York Times
, May 20, 2001,
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/20/magazine/20PORN.html
.

19 Rebecca Leung, “Porn in the U.S.A.: Steve Kroft Reports on a $10 Billion Industry,” September 5, 2004,
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/11/21/60minutes/main585049.shtml
.

20 “Somer Thompson Murder: Person of Interest Jarred Harrell Arrested with Child Porno,” CBS News, February 12, 2010,
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-6139219-504083.html
.

21 Arrest Warrant, Jarred Mitchell Harrell, February 10, 2010.

22 Affidavit for Arrest Warrant, Jarred Mitchell Harrell, February 25, 2010,
http://download.gannett.edgesuite.net/wtsp/pdfs/2010/0301210_Harrell1.PDF
.

23 “Suspect Charged in Somer Thompson’s Murder,” transcript,
Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell
, March 26, 2010,
http://archives.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1003/26/ijvm.01.html
; and Arrest Warrant in the Name of the State of Florida, February 10, 2010,
http://www.actionnewsjax.com/media/lib/1/a/9/d/a9da06ab-10f5-47f1-956d-30375e288939/CP_Warrant.pdf
.

24 “Suspect Charged in Somer Thompson’s Murder,” transcript,
Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell
, March 26, 2010,
http://archives.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1003/26/ijvm.01.html
.

25 Michele McPhee, Lauren Pearle, and Yunji De Nies, “16 Pairs of Women’s Underwear Found in Home of Alleged ‘Craigslist Killer,’” ABC News, April 29, 2009,
http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=7464224
.

26 “The Craigslist Killer: Seven Days of Rage; ‘48 Hours’ Examines the Latest Developments in the Case Against Accused ‘Craigslist Killer, Philip Markoff’”
48 Hours/Mystery
, July 10, 2010,
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/07/10/48hours/main6666324_page4.shtml?tag=contentMain;contentBody
.

Chapter 6: The Bloodlusters

1 Elliot Spagat, “John Gardner Charged in Chelsea King Case,”
Huffington Post
, March 3, 2010,
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/03/john-gardner-sex-offender_n_484374.html
.

2 Statement of the case, People Sentencing Memorandum, Superior Court of the State of California, San Diego, August 24, 2010,
http://www.scribd.com/doc/28122193/2000-Sentencing-Memorandum-for-John-Gardner
.

3 “Body Found Believed to be Missing Teen Jogger,” transcript,
Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell
, March 2, 2010,
http://archives.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1003/02/ijvm.01.html
.

4 Tony Perry, “John Gardner sentenced to life for killing Amber Dubois and Chelsea King,”
Los Angeles Times
, May 14, 2010,
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/05/ john-gardner-sentenced-chelsea-king-amber-dubois.html
.

5 “Estimates of A.A. Groups and Members,” Alcoholics Anonymous website, 2010,
http://www.aa.org/subpage.cfm?page=74
.

6 Cathy Cockrell, “Arrest of kidnap suspect Phillip Garrido hinged on instincts and diligence of two members of UC Berkeley police force,” UC Berkeley News Center, August 28, 2009,
http://berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2009/08/28_ucpd.shtml
.

7 Sam Stanton, “Parole agents rarely checked on Garrido in early years, documents show,”
Sacramento Bee
, April 16, 2010,
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/04/16/2684665/parole-agents-rarely-checked-on.html
.

8 Robert J. Lopez, “Parole agents talked to but did not identify Dugard, report says,”
Los
Angeles Times
, July 8, 2010,
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jul/08/local/la-me-0708-parole-dugard-20100708
.

9 Rampton Secure Hospital is a high-security psychiatric hospital near the village of Woodbeck between Retford and Rampton in the Bassetlaw District of Nottinghamshire, England.

10 Tony Perry, “John Gardner sentenced to life for killing Amber Dubois and Chelsea King,”
Los Angeles Times
, May 14, 2010,
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/05/john-gardner-sentenced-chelsea-king-amber-dubois.html
.

11 Eugene V. Beresin, M.D., “The Impact of Media Violence on Children and Adolescents,” American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,
http://www.aacap.org/cs/root/developmentor/the_impact_of_media_violence_on_children_and_adolescents_opportunities_ for_clinical_interventions
; and Senate Committee on the Judiciary, “Children, violence, and the media: A report for parents and policy makers,” September 14, 1999. Reprinted at
http://www.kidsfirst.org/articles-info/violence.htm
.

12 George Gerbner, author of “Reclaiming our Cultural Mythology,”
http://www.context org/ICLIB/IC38/Gerbner.htm
.

13 Expanded Homicide Data, Table 1, Murder by race and sex 2009, U.S. Department of Justice/ FBI,
http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2009
.

14 “FBI: Murder, Violent Crime Dropped in 2008; Number of Reported Rapes Lowest in 20 Years; Property Crimes Decline Overall, But Burglaries, Larceny-Thefts Go Up,” CBS/AP, Sept. 15, 2009,
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/09/14/national/main5309836.shtml
.

Chapter 7: The Punishers

1 DeJarion Echols Profile, Families Against Mandatory Minimums,
http://www.famm.org/ProfilesofInjustice/FederalProfiles/DeJarionEchols.aspx
.

2 “I Wasn’t Driving, the Black Kid Was,” TMZ.com, July 27, 2007,
http://www.tmz.com/2007/07/27/lindsay-i-wasnt-driving-the-black-kid-was
.

3 Tracy Connor, “Inside LiLo’s Crazy Ride from Hell,”
New York Daily News
, July 28, 2007,
http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2007/07/28/2007-07-28_inside_lilos_crazy_ride_from_hell.html
.

4 Mike Fleeman, “Lindsay Lohan Sued Over Car Chase,” People.com, August 14, 2007,
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20051654,00.html
.

5 “Lohan Charged With 7 Misdemeanor DUI Counts,” CBS, August 23, 2007,
http://cbs2.com/local
/
Lindsay.Lohan.DUI.2.534912.html
. Accessed8/18/10.

6 Rich Shapiro, “Michael Douglas’ son, Cameron Douglas, pleads guilty to drug trafficking charges,”
New York Daily News
, January 27, 2010,
http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2010/01/27/2010-01-27_michael_douglas_son_cameron_douglas_pleads_guilty_to_drug_ trafficking_charges.html
.

7 Ibid and Charlotte Triggs, “Michael Douglas: Prison Will Help My Son ‘Start Afresh,’” People.com, May 3, 2010,
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20365938,00.html
.

8 “Cameron Douglas Turned In Drug Suppliers to Get Lesser Sentence, Report Says,” Fox News.com, July 26, 2010,
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/07/26/cameron-douglas-turned-drug-suppliers-lesser-sentence
.

9 CNN Wire Staff, “Obama signs bill reducing cocaine sentencing gap,” CNN, August 3, 2010,
http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/08/03/fair.sentencing/index.html
.

10 “Frequently Asked Questions: The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010,” Families Against Mandatory Minimums,
http://www.famm.org
.

11 U.S. Census Quickfacts, 2009,
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/00000.html
; and Pierre Thomas and Jason Ryan, “U.S. Prison Population Hits All-Time High: 2.3 Million Incarcerated,” ABC News, June 6, 2008,
http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=5009270&page=1
.

12 “List of Countries by Population,” Wikipedia,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population
.

13 “World Prison Population List,” 8th ed.,
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/law/research/icps/down loads/wppl-8th_41.pdf
; and Adam Liptak, “1 in 100 U.S. Adults Behind Bars, New Study Says,”
New York Times
, February 28, 2008,
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/28/us/28cnd-prison.html
.