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Media, process, and the social construction of crime : studies in newsmaking criminology

Title: Media, process, and the social construction of crime : studies in newsmaking criminology / edited by Gregg Barak.
Publication: New York : Garland Pub., 1994.

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Additional Authors

Barak, Gregg.

Description

xviii, 322 pages; 21 cm.

Series Statement

Uniform Title

Garland reference library of the humanities. Current issues in criminal justice ; v. 10.
Garland reference library of the humanities ; v. 1690.

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Contents

Ch. 1. Media, Society, and Criminology / Gregg Barak -- Ch. 2. Crime News in the Old West / Werner J. Einstadter -- Ch. 3. Communal Violence and the Media: Lynchings and Their News Coverage by The New York Times between 1882 and 1930 / Ira M. Wasserman and Steven Stack -- Ch. 4. Crime in the News Media: A Refined Understanding of How Crimes Become News / Steven Chermak -- Ch. 5. Predator Criminals as Media Icons / Ray Surette -- Ch. 6. University Professor or Sadistic Killer? A Content Analysis of the Newspaper Coverage of a Murder Case / Harry L. Marsh -- Ch. 7. Murder and Mayhem in USA Today: A Quantitative Analysis of the National Reporting of States' News / Robert A. Jerin and Charles B. Fields -- Ch. 8. Patrolling the Facts: Media, Cops, and Crime / Renee Goldsmith Kasinsky -- Ch. 9. Newsmaking Criminology: Reflections on the Media, Intellectuals, and Crime / Gregg Barak -- Ch. 10. Becoming a Media Criminologist: Is "Newsmaking Criminology" Possible? / Cecil E. Greek.
Ch. 11. Newsmaking Criminology as Replacement Discourse / Stuart Henry.

ISBN

0815312598

LCCN

93039423

OCLC

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries