Crime in TV, the News, and Film - Misconceptions, Mischaracterizations, and Misinformation

With a combination of field experience and criminological research, this book gives insight to the news and drama programming that shapes the way viewers perceive crime and the formation of policy.

List of contents

Chapter 1: What's So New About News?
Chapter 2: Murder in the First Degree
Chapter 3: Murder in the First Block
Chapter 4: "True" Crime Shows
Chapter 5: News You Can't Use
Chapter 6: It's All in the Genes
Chapter 7: The Unbearable Weight of Being Black
Chapter 8: Damsels in Distress
Chapter 9: Missing Pretty White Girls
Chapter 10: It's Hard Being a Girl...Even Harder Being a Girl of Color
Chapter 11: Good Cops, Bad Cops, Dirty Cops, and Mad Cops: Five Hollywood Films
Chapter 12: From the TV Screen to the Ballot Box

About the author

By Beth E. Adubato; Nicole M. Sachs; Donald F. Fizzinoglia and John M. Swiderski

Summary

With a combination of field experience and criminological research, this book gives insight to the news and drama programming that shapes the way viewers perceive crime and the formation of policy.

Product details

• Authors: Beth E. Adubato, Beth E. Sachs Adubato, Donald F. Fizzinoglia, Nicole M. Sachs, John M. Swiderski
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9781793628688
• ISBN: 978-1-79362-868-8
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, LAW / Media & the Law, Crime & criminology, Entertainment & media law