| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 239 pages) |
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Key approaches to criminology |
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Key approaches to criminology.
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| Contents |
Cover Contents Preface Acknowledgements Chapter 1 -- Theorizing Media and Crime Chapter 2 -- The Construction of Crime News Chapter 3 -- Media and Moral Panics |
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Chapter 4 -- Media Constructions of Children: 'Evil Monsters' and 'Tragic Victims' Chapter 5 -- Media Misogyny: Monstrous Women Chapter 6 -- Crimewatching Chapter 7 -- Crime and the Surveillance Culture |
| Summary |
This insightful book points a critical spotlight on media constructions of crime and social control, developing our understanding of the relationship between media and crime, and taking existing knowledge in new directions. Media and Crime is an accessible text with a strong pedagogic purpose, making it an ideal introduction to the study of crime and the mass media for undergraduate and postgraduate students. The author interrogates the most important literature in the field as well as moving the debates forward with new ideas and values |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-219) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Crime in mass media.
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Mass media and crime.
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Mass media and criminal justice.
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Crime in mass media
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Mass media and crime
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Mass media and criminal justice
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Criminaliteit.
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Massamedia.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2004559813 |
| ISBN |
0761947655 |
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9780761947653 |
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0761947647 |
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9780761947646 |
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1412932548 |
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9781412932547 |
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