Crime, Justice and the Media analyzes and analyzes the relationship in between the media and criminal activity, lawbreakers and the criminal justice system. It focuses on a number of specific areas of crime and criminal justice in terms of media representation – these areas include moral panics over particular criminal offenses and lawbreakers (consisting of youth crime, cybercrime and paedophilia), the media portrayal of victims of criminal activity and lawbreakers and the way the media represent criminal justice companies. The book provides a clear, accessible and thorough analysis of theoretical thinking on the relationship in between the media, criminal activity and criminal justice and a detailed examination of how criminal activity, criminals and others involved in the criminal justice process are depicted by the media.
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