Research Catalog

Title

Crime, the media, and the law / Dennis Howitt.

Author

Howitt, Dennis.

Publication

Chichester [England] ; New York : Wiley, c1998.

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Description

x, 233 p. ; 24 cm.

Summary

• Do the media create, enhance or distort the public understanding of crime? Is crime itself influenced by the media? Forensic and social psychologists, criminologists, police, lawyers and other professionals and policymakers in the criminal justice system are increasingly concerned with these issues and the implications for their dealings with the media. Academics and researchers in the fields of cultural and media studies, and communication studies, will also value this serious analysis of the concepts and research evidence in this field. This book is the first systematic, comprehensive account of media and crime that relates real-life crime and real media activity to social and individual implications, from a psychological perspective. It includes consideration of property crime, drug crime, race-related crime, and the growing problem of women's crime, as well as sexual and violent crime. The book establishes the study of media and criminal-legal issues as an important part of academic and professional endeavors to understand crime and society. It is written by a leading academic with longstanding interests and work in this field. - Back cover.
• The relationship between crime and its representation in the mass media has long been a source of great concern to the general public. Anxieties about the criminogenic properties of the media, particularly in regard to young people, have increasingly influenced media policy and legislation debates. This book looks at the role of the mass media in legal and criminal processes. Along with discussing the impact of the media on specific crimes such as juvenile offenses and hate crimes, the book also explores the media′s tendency to engender "moral panics" in society and encourage urgent and massive response from the justice system. -- Amazon.com

Series Statement

Wiley series in the psychology of crime, policing, and law

Uniform Title

Wiley series in psychology of crime, policing, and law.

Subject

• Mass media and crime
• Mass media and criminal justice
• Crime
• Violence
• Sex offences
• Television
• Drug Utilization
• Criminal Law

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [192]-219) and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Linking media and crime -- Theories of crime and the media -- Constructing the image of crime -- Cultivating the fear of crime -- School for violence? -- Violent criminals -- Sexual crimes and the mass media -- Pornography and sexually violent crime -- Women and crime -- Acquisitive crime -- Race and hate crime -- Drug crime -- Criminal justice and the media -- The media and crime prevention.

ISBN

• 0471969052
• 0471978345 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^^97038901^

OCLC

37806100

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library