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With a combination of field experience and criminological research, this book gives insight to the news and drama programming that shapes the way viewers perceive crime and the formation of policy.



Table of Contents

Chapter 1: What’s So New About News?

Chapter 2: Murder in the First Degree

Chapter 3: Murder in the First Block

Chapter 4: “True” Crime Shows

Chapter 5: News You Can’t Use

Chapter 6: It’s All in the Genes

Chapter 7: The Unbearable Weight of Being Black

Chapter 8: Damsels in Distress

Chapter 9: Missing Pretty White Girls

Chapter 10: It’s Hard Being a Girl…Even Harder Being a Girl of Color

Chapter 11: Good Cops, Bad Cops, Dirty Cops, and Mad Cops: Five Hollywood Films

Chapter 12: From the TV Screen to the Ballot Box

Crime in TV, the News, and Film: Misconceptions,

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    A Hardback by Beth E. Adubato, Nicole M. Sachs, Donald F. Fizzinoglia

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      Publisher: Lexington Books
      Publication Date: 20/05/2022
      ISBN13: 9781793628688, 978-1793628688
      ISBN10: 1793628688

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      With a combination of field experience and criminological research, this book gives insight to the news and drama programming that shapes the way viewers perceive crime and the formation of policy.



      Table of Contents

      Chapter 1: What’s So New About News?

      Chapter 2: Murder in the First Degree

      Chapter 3: Murder in the First Block

      Chapter 4: “True” Crime Shows

      Chapter 5: News You Can’t Use

      Chapter 6: It’s All in the Genes

      Chapter 7: The Unbearable Weight of Being Black

      Chapter 8: Damsels in Distress

      Chapter 9: Missing Pretty White Girls

      Chapter 10: It’s Hard Being a Girl…Even Harder Being a Girl of Color

      Chapter 11: Good Cops, Bad Cops, Dirty Cops, and Mad Cops: Five Hollywood Films

      Chapter 12: From the TV Screen to the Ballot Box

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