Law and justice as seen on TV
By: Elayne Rapping.
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 309
Subjects: Justice, Administration of, on television; Lawyers on television
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-288) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: 1. The return of the attorney-hero: politics and justice in the prime time courtroom; title: 2. Aliens, nomads, mad dogs, and road warriors: tabloid TV and new face of criminal violence; title: 3. Signs of the times: "OZ" and the sudden visibility of prisons on television; title: 4. Cameras, court TV, and the rise of the criminal trial as major media event; title: 5. The politics of representation: gender, violence, and criminal justice; title: 6. Television and family dysfunction: from the talk show to the courtroom; title: 7. Television and the demonization of youth; title: 8. Television, melodrama, and the rise of the victims' rights movement.