Media and crime / Yvonne Jewkes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jewkes, Yvonne, 1966- author.

Series:

Key Approaches to Criminology

Core textbook

Key approaches to criminology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminology & Criminal Justice--Communication & Media Studies.

Criminology & Criminal Justice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

3rd edition.

Place of Publication:

London : SAGE Publications, 2015.

Summary:

This book critically examines the complex interactions between media and crime. Written with an engaging and authoritative voice, it 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. This third edition: explores innovations in technology and forms of reporting, including citizen journalism, examines the impact of new media including mobile, Internet and digital technologies, and social networking sites, features chapters dedicated to the issues around cybercrime and crime film, along with new content on terrorism and the media, shows you how to research media and crime, includes discussion questions, further reading and a glossary. Now features a companion website, complete with links to journal articles, relevant websites and blogs. This is essential reading for your studies in criminology, media studies, cultural studies and sociology. The Key Approaches to Criminology series celebrates the removal of traditional barriers between disciplines and, specifically, reflects criminology's interdisciplinary nature and focus. It brings together some of the leading scholars working at the intersections of criminology and related subjects. Each book in the series helps readers to make intellectual connections between criminology and other discourses, and to understand the importance of studying crime and criminal justice within the context of broader debates. The series is intended to have appeal across the entire range of undergraduate and postgraduate studies and beyond, comprising books which offer introductions to the fields as well as advancing ideas and knowledge in their subject areas.

Contents:

MEDIA &amp

CRIME-FRONT COVER

MEDIA &amp

CRIME

COPYRIGHT

CONTENTS

COMPANION WEBSITE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1- THEORIZING MEDIA AND CRIME

CHAPTER 2- THE CONSTRUCTION OF CRIME NEWS

CHAPTER 3- MEDIA AND MORAL PANICS

CHAPTER 4- MEDIA CONSTRUCTIONS OF CHILDREN: 'EVIL MONSTERS' AND 'TRAGIC VICTIMS'

CHAPTER 5- MEDIA MISOGYNY: MONSTROUS WOMEN

CHAPTER 6- POLICE, OFFENDERS AND VICTIMS IN THE MEDIA

CHAPTER 7- CRIME FILMS AND PRISON FILMS

CHAPTER 8- CRIME AND THE SURVEILLANCE CULTURE

CHAPTER 9- THE ROLE OF THE INTERNET IN CRIME AND DEVIANCE

CHAPTER 10- (RE)CONCEPTUALIZING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MEDIA AND CRIME

GLOSSARY

REFERENCES

INDEX.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-03-623529-7

1-4739-1730-1

1-4739-1731-X

9781036235291

OCLC:

931601068

Publisher Number:

T240940