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By: Material type: TextSeries: Key approaches to criminologyPublication details: London SAGE Publishers 2015Edition: 3rd editionDescription: xi, 334 pages ; pbkISBN:
  • 9781446272527 (hbk.)
  • 1446272524 (hbk.)
  • 9781446272534 (pbk.)
  • 1446272532 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 302.234
Contents:
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: This text guides you through all the key issues, ranging from news reporting of crime, media constructions of children and women, moral panics and media and the police to 'reality' crime shows, surveillance and social control.
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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.

This text guides you through all the key issues, ranging from news reporting of crime, media constructions of children and women, moral panics and media and the police to 'reality' crime shows, surveillance and social control.

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