NCJ Number
139374
Journal
Media Studies Journal Volume: 6 Issue: 1 Dated: (Winter 1992) Pages: complete issue
Editor(s)
C L LaMay
Date Published
1992
Length
233 pages
Annotation
This journal issue discusses various aspects of media crime reporting, presented from the perspectives of journalists, social critics, lawyers, academics, and citizens involved in the criminal justice system.
Abstract
The three essays of the introductory section attempt to place crime reporting into its historical and cultural perspective; two authors argue that today's journalists should revert to the explicit, sensational crime narratives of an earlier time. The second section presents a selection of personal views -- from a victim's mother, an ex-convict, and a narcotics officer -- on media and crime. Three essays, forming the third section, explore the media's interaction with criminal justice and its impact on the judicial process and the defendants' constitutional rights. The final section of the journal analyzes some cultural aspects of crime and reporting, covering topics including television and movie crime portrayals, the lack of attention paid to civil cases, and the tradition of Russian crime reporting. The book review examines five generations of New York City crime reporting.