Media and criminal justice :

Stevens, Dennis J.

Media and criminal justice : the CSI effect / Dennis J. Stevens. - Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett, c2010. - xix, 380 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The media and the CSI craze -- Motion pictures, popular television dramas, news reports -- Wars on crime and junkies -- Wars on sex offenders and poverty -- Terrorism and the war on immigrants -- Crime scene investigations, forensics, and junk science -- Prosecutors -- Wrongful convictions -- The death penalty -- Methodology and findings -- Recommendations to reduce wrongful convictions and eliminate capital punishment.

9780763755317 (alk. paper)

2009036519


Mass media and criminal justice--United States.
Mass media and criminal justice.
Criminal justice, Administration of--United States.
Mass media--Influence.

P96.C74 / 2010


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