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Media & crime / Yvonne Jewkes.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Key approaches to criminologyPublication details: London : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2011.Edition: 2nd edDescription: viii, 317 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781848607033 (pbk.)
  • 1848607032 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • Media and crime
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 22 364.254 JEW
Contents:
Introduction Theorizing Media and Crime -- The Construction of Crime News -- Media and Moral Panics -- Media Constructions of Children: 'Evil Monsters' and 'Tragic Victims' -- Media Misogyny: Monstrous Women -- Police, Offenders and Victims in the Media -- Crime Films and Prison Films -- Crime and the Surveillance Culture -- The role of the Internet in crime and deviance -- Re Conceptualizing the Relationship between Media and Crime.
Summary: THE definitive resource on media and crime, updated and fully revised. Engaging, accessible and comprehensive, a must-have for anyone studying criminology or media studies.
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Index : p. 306-317.

Glossary : p. 277-290.

Bibliography : p. 291-305.

Introduction Theorizing Media and Crime -- The Construction of Crime News -- Media and Moral Panics -- Media Constructions of Children: 'Evil Monsters' and 'Tragic Victims' -- Media Misogyny: Monstrous Women -- Police, Offenders and Victims in the Media -- Crime Films and Prison Films -- Crime and the Surveillance Culture -- The role of the Internet in crime and deviance -- Re Conceptualizing the Relationship between Media and Crime.

THE definitive resource on media and crime, updated and fully revised. Engaging, accessible and comprehensive, a must-have for anyone studying criminology or media studies.

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