#Crime [electronic resource] : social media, crime, and the criminal legal system / Rebecca M. Hayes, Kate Luther.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Palgrave studies in crime, media and culturePublisher: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2018Description: 156 pages : illustrations (black and white)Content type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783319894447 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 23
LOC classification:
  • P96.C74
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also available in printed form ISBN 9783319894430
Summary: As research continues to accumulate on the connections between media and crime, #Crime explores the impact of social media on the criminal legal system. As research continues to accumulate on the connections between media and crime, #Crime explores the impact of social media on the criminal legal system. It examines how media influences our perceptions of crime, the perpetration of crime, and the implementation of punishment, whilst emphasizing the significance of race, ethnicity, class, gender, and sexuality. It offers an accessible and in-depth examination of media and in each chapter there are case studies and examples from both legacy and new media, including discussions from Twitter that are being used to raise awareness of criminal legal issues. It also includes interviews with international scholars and practitioners from Australia, Belgium, and the United States to voice a range of global perspectives. This book speaks broadly to those interested in criminology, criminal justice, media and culture, sociology, and gender studies.
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As research continues to accumulate on the connections between media and crime, #Crime explores the impact of social media on the criminal legal system. As research continues to accumulate on the connections between media and crime, #Crime explores the impact of social media on the criminal legal system. It examines how media influences our perceptions of crime, the perpetration of crime, and the implementation of punishment, whilst emphasizing the significance of race, ethnicity, class, gender, and sexuality. It offers an accessible and in-depth examination of media and in each chapter there are case studies and examples from both legacy and new media, including discussions from Twitter that are being used to raise awareness of criminal legal issues. It also includes interviews with international scholars and practitioners from Australia, Belgium, and the United States to voice a range of global perspectives. This book speaks broadly to those interested in criminology, criminal justice, media and culture, sociology, and gender studies.

Also available in printed form ISBN 9783319894430

Electronic reproduction. Askews and Holts. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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