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9781555879389

Tabloid Justice : U. S. Criminal Justice in an Age of Media Frenzy

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  • ISBN13:

    9781555879389

  • ISBN10:

    1555879381

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-10-01
  • Publisher: Lynne Rienner Pub
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Author Biography

Richard L. Fox is assistant professor of political science at Union College Robert W. Van Sickel is assistant professor of political science at Purdue University, Calumet

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures
vii
Preface xi
Introduction: A Time of Tabloid Justice 1(22)
PART 1 FROM JOURNALISM TO SENSATIONALISM
Looking for This Week's ``Trial of the Century''
23(30)
The Mainstream Media Go Tabloid
53(34)
Tabloid Justice and the Evolution of New Media
87(34)
PART 2 THE IMPACT OF THE MEDIA CULTURE ON PUBLIC ATTITUDES TOWARD THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
Public Opinion, Trial Coverage, and Faith in the Criminal Justice System
121(30)
Race, Gender, Class, and Tabloid Justice
151(34)
PART 3 CONCLUSION
Is There Any Escape from Tabloid Justice?
185(10)
Appendix A 195(4)
Appendix B 199(10)
Bibliography 209(8)
Index 217(8)
About the Book 225

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