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The politics of force : media and the construction of police brutality / Regina G. Lawrence.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lawrence, Regina G., 1961- author.
- Series:
- Journalism and Pol Commun Unbound
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Police in mass media.
- Police brutality.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (337 pages)
- Edition:
- Updated edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York ; Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- When police brutality becomes front page news, it triggers an intense interaction between the media, the public, and the police. This text demonstrates how these news events provide the raw material for examining underlying problems in society.
- Notes:
- This edition also issued in print: 2023.
- Previous edition: Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-761658-5
- 0-19-761656-9
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