Media and criminal justice
Subtitle: the CSI effect
By: Dennis J. Stevens.
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Sudbury, Mass
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780763755317
Subjects: Mass media and criminal justice -- United States; Mass media and criminal justice; Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States; Mass media -- Influence; 345.73/05
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The media and the CSI craze; title: Motion pictures, popular television dramas, news reports; title: Wars on crime and junkies; title: Wars on sex offenders and poverty; title: Terrorism and the war on immigrants; title: Crime scene investigations, forensics, and junk science; title: Prosecutors; title: Wrongful convictions; title: The death penalty; title: Methodology and findings; title: Recommendations to reduce wrongful convictions and eliminate capital punishment.