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Media, process, and the social construction of crime : studies in newsmaking criminology / edited by Gregg Barak.
| Other author | Barak, Gregg. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Garland Pub., ©1994. |
| Description | xviii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Garland reference library of the humanities ; vol. 1690. Current issues in criminal justice ; vol. 10 Garland reference library of the humanities ; vol. 1690. Garland reference library of the humanities. Current issues in criminal justice ; vol. 10. |
| Contents | Media, society, and criminology / Gregg Barak -- Crime news in the old West / Werner J. Einstadter -- 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 -- Crime in the news media : a refined understanding of how crimes become news / Steven Chermak -- Predator criminals as media icons / Ray Surette -- University professor or sadistic killer? : a content analysis of the newspaper coverage of a murder case / Harry L. Marsh -- Murder and mayhem in USA Today : a quantitative analysis of the national reporting of states' news / Robert A. Jerin and Charles B. Fields -- Patrolling the facts : media, cops, and crime / Renée Goldsmith Kasinksy -- Newsmaking criminology : reflections on the media, intellectuals, and crime / Gregg Barak. |
| Contents | Becoming a media criminologist : is "newsmaking criminology" possible? / Cecil E. Greek -- Newsmaking criminology as replacement discourse / Stuart Henry. |
| Local note | Little-292795--305130045964/ |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| LCCN | 93039423 |
| ISBN | 0815312598 (acid-free paper) |