Crime and the Media Headlines vs. Reality

Name: Crime and the Media Headlines vs. Reality
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ISBN: 9780131921337

ISBN-10: 0131921339

ISBN-13: 9780131921337

Edition: 2007

Authors: Roslyn Muraskin, Shelly Feuer Domash

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The publics knowledge of crime is primarily derived from the depiction in the media. If the media is responsible for the headlines, the conclusion to be reached is that they influence the publics attention regarding crime. This book examines, through the study of cases that have made headlines, what is noted as the fear of crime among the populace. In addition to cases such as Scott Peterson, Marilyn Sheppard, and Jon Benet Ramsey, the authors focus on the changes in the sentencing laws, policies, increased incarceration rates as well as the war on drugs and try to find the factors that brought about change. Focuses on the mass media and how it has transformed the criminal justice system.…

Book details

List price: $96.80
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 7/6/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English



Dedication


About the Authors


Preface



Mediafication of Crime: Headlines v Reality



What About the Media?



The Relationship of Crime Reporting and its Effectiveness Concerning the Criminal Justice System



Crimes and Reactions



The Salem Witchcraft Trials



The Scopes +Monkey Trial+ - July 10 - 25 1925



The Menedez Brothers -1989



Colin Ferguson - 1993



The O.J. Simpson Case - 1994



Jon-Benet Ramsey 1996



Kobe Bryant - 2003



Daniel Pelosi - 2001



Elizabeth Ann Smart - 2002



Scott Peterson - 2002



Michael Jackson - 2004



Criminal Justice Treatment by the Media



A Star is Formed: Media Construction of the Female Criminal by Krista Gehring



This Criminal Case is About Lying!




Can the Mass Media do good? Or no wrong?



If a Story isn't on TV or Depicted by the Media in America, it Doesn't Exist in our Culture



In Conclusion


References