Media coverage of crime and criminal justice
By: Matthew B. Robinson
Edition: Second Edition.
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Durham, North Carolina
Language: eng
Number of pages: 353
ISBN-13: 9781611635676
Subjects: Crime in mass media; Mass media and crime; Mass media and criminal justice; Administration of Criminal justice
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-338) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: The organization and goals of the media; title: Introduction to the media; title: Introduction to the media; title: Media coverage of law-making and crime; title: Media coverage of policing : the effective law enforcer, the bad cop, and crime prevention; title: Media coverage of courts and judicial processes : trials, -publicity and sentencing; title: Media coverage of corrections : life in prison and problems of punishment; title: Summary, conclusions, and reform; title: Endnotes; title: Index.