cjm 59: Crime and the Media
Hazel Croall puts this issue into perspective.
Prisoners and the Press (Adobe PDF, 431KB) - Yvonne Jewkes describes how most press coverage of prisoners merely serves to inflame the readers' moral outrage and confirm their prejudices.
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Full list of articles in print version of cjm 59
- EDITORIAL
Hazel Croall puts this issue into perspective. - CRIME AND THE FEAR OF MEDIA
Jason Ditton uncovers an anomaly and suggests a possible solution. - LOCAL EFFECTS? MEDIA, CRIME AND SENSE OF PLACE
Mark Banks illlustrates how interpretation of crime risk is influenced by sense of place. - POSTMODERNISM, MEDIA AND CRIME
Ian Marsh and Gaynor Melville summarise the theoretical basis for a postmodern analysis of the connections between media and crime, and regard the internet, the most postmodern of crime sites. - MEDIA IMAGE, COMMUNITY IMPACT
Roger Grimshaw, Kate Smart, Kirsteen Tait and Beth Crosland summarise a pilot research study assessing the impact of media and political images of refugees and asylum seekers on community relations in London. - ASSAULT ON ASYLUM: MEDIA, GOVERNMENT AND THE MISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN
Iain Ferguson and Reece Walters argue that the Blair government's current policies collude with media constructed myths that emphasise asylum seekers as 'the new enemy within'. - YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE MEDIA: A DANGEROUS AND ANTI-SOCIAL OBSESSION
Kathy Evans discusses the conflict between the fear of young people, the perceived need to 'name and shame' them and the protection of children's rights and freedoms. - THE WAR ON 'NEDS': MEDIA REPORTS AS EVIDENCE BASE
Alison P. Brown describes how tabloid coverage of young people and anti-social behaviour was recently allowed a defining role in Scottish Parliamentary debate. - DRUG SCARES: THE REALLY LONG TERM EFFECTS
Alasdair Forsyth highlights the role of the academic process in contributing to the media's amplification of drug scares and their enduring effect on policy. - ORGANISED BUSINESS CRIME IN THE NEWS
Mike Levi argues that coverage of organised and white collar crime in the media is important because it influences public perceptions of harmfulness and affects enforcement resources, court decisions and the occupational opportunities for those sanctioned. - FROM DOCK GREEN TO DOCUSOAP: DECLINE AND FALL IN TV COPLAND
From caring copper to corruption and conspiracy, Frank Leishman and Paul Mason chart the changes in public attitude embodied by the British television policeman. - THE LAUGHING POLICEMAN
Do funny policemen make the public feel more or less secure about the real thing? Diana Bretherick investigates. - PRISONERS AND THE PRESS
Yvonne Jewkes describes how most press coverage of prisoners merely serves to inflame the readers' moral outrage and confirm their prejudices. - REMOTE CONTROL: THE ROLE OF TV IN PRISON
Victoria Knight considers the different roles TV viewing plays in prisons, and points to the dangers of using TV access as another means of control. - GUILTY BY REASON OF PUBLIC OPINION
British barrister Chris Eades worked in the American South as an attorney defending people facing the death penalty. He describes the influence of local media in a highly publicised Louisiana murder trial. - TABLOID TACTICS: PUSHING PRISON REDUCTION
The tabloid media's dramatic and punitive rhetoric on crime is the daily diet of millions, so getting through the bombast requires some innovative methods. Lucie Russell describes the SmartJustice campaign. - IS THE PRESS THE REAL POWER BEHIND PUNITIVISM?
Reformers in criminal justice blame the news media for alarmist coverage that encourages popular punitivism. Enver Solomon analyses the factors behind the reporting and recommends a change of approach in getting the message across. - DON'T LET VIDEO KILL THE RADIO - IN COURT
Nic Groombridge argues that the courts should be broadcast, and that radio would be the best medium to open the way to a more democratic court system.AND NOW FOR THE GOOD NEWS... Allan Ross describes the efforts of the Home Office to communicate its criminal justice strategies to the press. - THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME
Rob Allen reviews the party positions on criminal justice as we approach this general election. - CJM UPDATE
Una Padel and Chris Eades describe the new Community Order. - CONCERN OVER ASBOS
Will McMahon, Crime and Society Foundation.