Crime, culture and the media /
Eamonn Carrabine.
- Cambridge : Polity, 2008.
- [vi], 234 p. ; 23 cm.
- Crime & society series .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-224) and index.
Why are newspapers and television programmes filled with stories about crime and criminals? This text introduces the different ways in which relationships between crime and the media have been understood, including classic debates about the media's effects, news production and moral panics.