Crime, Justice and the Media av Ian (Liverpool Hope University UK) Marsh, Gaynor Melville

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<P><EM>Crime, Justice and the Media</EM> examines and analyses the relationship between the media and crime, criminals and the criminal justice system. This expanded and fully updated third edition considers how crime and criminals have been portrayed by the media throughout history, applying different theoretical perspectives to the way crime, criminals and justice are reported. It also includes a new chapter that looks at the influence of film and the cinema on crime and justice.</P><P>The third edition of <I>Crime, Justice and the Media </I>focuses on the media representation of a range of different areas of crime and criminal justice, including:</P><UL><LI>new media technology, e.g. social network sites;</LI><LI>moral panics over specific crimes and criminals, e.g. youth crime, cybercrime, paedophilia;</LI><LI>media portrayal of victims of crime and criminals;</LI><LI>how the media represent criminal justice agencies, e.g. the police and prison service.</LI></UL><P>This book offers