Description
Book SynopsisThis book looks at the relationship between statute law and legal practice. It examines how law is applied in
reality and more precisely how law is
perceived by the general public in contrast to the legal profession. It explores how myths are created about the law and how myths are created by the law.
Table of ContentsIntroduction – Anthony Amatrudo and Regina E. Rauxloh
Part I: Perception shaped by traditional media
1 Criminology through the looking glass – Colin Sumner
2 What do they know of law who only cop shows know? – Anthony Amatrudo
3 Regurgitating the media image: toward a phenomenology of the 'visible' in criminal justice – Matthew R. Draper and David Polizzi
Part II: Perception shaped by other means
4 'Kony is so last month': lessons from social media stunt 'Kony 2012' – Regina E. Rauxloh
5 A comparative analysis of the criminal and civil justice systems in England and Wales – Matthew R. Smith
6 Beliefs about the European Court of Human Rights in the United Kingdom Parliament – Paul Johnson
7 Forward! Coding, de-coding, and re-coding law in public art for urban regeneration – Ronnie Lippens
Part III: Perception of those at the fringe of society
8 Criminology and the legacies of Clarice Starling – David Wilson
9 Letters to Casey Anthony, a woman accused of murder – Lizzie Seal
10 The gypsy's lot: myth and reality – Robert Jago
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