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Routledge
224 Pages
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Routledge
224 Pages
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Routledge
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There is no journalistic work more deserving of the designation "story" than news of crime. From antiquity, the culture of crime has been about the human condition, and whether information comes from Homer, Hollywood, or the city desk, it is a bottom about the human capacity for cruelty and suffering, about desperation and fear, about sex, race, and public morals. Facts are important to the... Read more
Introduction; I: Overview; 1: The Wicked World: The National Police Gazette and Gilded-Age America; 2: Cosmology of Fear; 3: The Reporter I: Cops, Killers and Crispy Critters; II: Views on Crime and Media; 4: The Victim: Twice Wounded; 5: The Criminal: Where the Sun Don’t Shine; 6: The Cop: Waiting for Good Dope; 7: The Lawyer: “A Chill Wind Blows”; 8: The Judge: Justice in Prime Time; 9: The Court Officer: Meet the Press; 10: The Reporter II: Better Than Real Life; III: The Culture of Crime; 11: Nervous in the Naked City; 12: Kids and Crime; 13: The Female Fear; 14: Firearms Follies: How the News Media Cover Gun Control; 15: Desperadoes and Lawmen: The Folk Hero; 16: Making a Killing: An Interview with Elmore Leonard; 17: You Want Me to Read a What?; 18: Raskolnikov’s Regret: Covering Crime in Russia; IV: Review Essay; 19: Glimpses of Gotham
Biography
Boaz Ganor
