Policing and the Media
Subtitle: Facts, Fictions and Factions (Policing and Society Series)
Contributors: Tim Newburn (Editor); Les Johnston (Editor)
Publisher: Willan Publishing (UK); Willan
Published: January 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9781903240298
Subjects: Jurisprudence & General Issues; Media, information & communication industries; Police & security services; Police and mass media; Criminology; Social Science; Sociology; General; Great Britain
First sentence: In introducing a special media-focused issue of the often under-celebrated Criminal Justice Matters, Kevin Stenson and Hazel Croall observed in their editorial: The media are not simply neutral conduits of information about crime; indeed, the institutional arrangements that organise the media and the rhetorical forms through which crime is represented can play a vital role in shaping and reflecting our deepest personal and cultural fears about crime and insecurity.
Description: Focusing on the interplay between policing realities, public perception and media reflections, this text provides an accessible account of the relationship between policing and the media.