For Crime & Media courses & Special Topics courses in Criminal Justice.
A proven issues-oriented author and a media expert author give this text the perfect combination in teamwork.  The public's knowledge of crime is primarily derived from the depiction in the media.  Through cases that have made headlines over the years, this text studies what is noted as the fear of crime among the populace.  Also discussed in this work are the images of crime, justice, and the criminal justice system as portrayed by the mass media and how it has transformed today's society.