Media and Crime in the U.S.

Yvonne Jewkes is Professor of Criminology at the University of Bath and Honorary Visiting Professor at the University of Melbourne. She has been carrying out prison research-much of it ethnography-for over 20 years and has spent the last decade researching and writing about prison architecture and design and their potential to rehabilitate. She has recently held two Economic and Social Research Council grants to study these topics and has worked as a consultant to prison architects and senior prison service personnel around the world. She has published extensively on various aspects of prisons and imprisonment, including (with Ben Crewe and Jamie Bennett) The Handbook on Prisons (2nd ed., 2016, Routledge). With Ben Crewe and Thomas Ugelvik, she is the Founding Editor of the new SAGE journal Incarceration. Travis.Linnemann@eku.edu

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1 Theorizing Media and Crime * OVERVIEW * KEY TERMS MEDIA "EFFECTS" STRAIN THEORY AND ANOMIE MARXISM, CRITICAL CRIMINOLOGY, AND THE "DOMINANT IDEOLOGY" APPROACH PLURALISM, COMPETITION, AND IDEOLOGICAL STRUGGLE REALISM AND RECEPTION ANALYSIS LATE MODERNITY AND POSTMODERNISM CULTURAL CRIMINOLOGY * SUMMARY * STUDY QUESTIONS * FURTHER READING CHAPTER 2 The Construction of Crime News * OVERVIEW * KEY TERMS NEWS VALUES FOR A NEW MILLENNIUM TWO EXAMPLES OF NEWSWORTHY STORIES PAR EXCELLENCE NEWS PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION IN A DIGITAL GLOBAL MARKETPLACE: THE RISE OF THE CITIZEN JOURNALIST NEWS VALUES AND CRIME NEWS PRODUCTION: SOME CONCLUDING THOUGHTS * SUMMARY * STUDY QUESTIONS * FURTHER READING CHAPTER 3 Media and Moral Panics * OVERVIEW * KEY TERMS THE BACKGROUND OF THE MORAL PANIC MODEL PROBLEMS WITH THE MORAL PANIC MODEL THE LONGEVITY AND LEGACY OF THE MORAL PANIC MODEL: SOME CONCLUDING THOUGHTS * SUMMARY * STUDY QUESTIONS * FURTHER READING CHAPTER 4 Media Constructions of Children: "Evil Monsters" and "Tragic Victims" * OVERVIEW * KEY TERMS CHILDREN AS "EVIL MONSTERS" CHILDREN AS "TRAGIC VICTIMS" GUILT, COLLUSION, AND VOYEURISM MORAL PANICS AND THE REVIVAL OF "COMMUNITY": SOME CONCLUDING THOUGHTS * SUMMARY * STUDY QUESTIONS * FURTHER READING CHAPTER 5 Media Misogyny: Monstrous Women * OVERVIEW * KEY TERMS PSYCHOANALYTIC PERSPECTIVES FEMINIST PERSPECTIVES HONORABLE FATHERS VERSUS MONSTROUS MOTHERS: SOME CONCLUDING THOUGHTS * SUMMARY * STUDY QUESTIONS * FURTHER READING CHAPTER 6 The Police Image and Policing the Image * OVERVIEW * KEY TERMS THE MASS MEDIA AND FEAR OF CRIME THE POLICE IMAGE: TELEVISION AND FILM COPS AND REALITY TV POLICING AND SOCIAL MEDIA IMAGE MANAGEMENT * SUMMARY * STUDY QUESTIONS * FURTHER READING CHAPTER 7 Crime Movies and Prison Films * OVERVIEW * KEY TERMS THE APPEAL OF CRIME MOVIES THE CRIME MOVIE: MASCULINITY, AUTONOMY, THE CITY THE "PRISON FILM" THE DOCUMENTARY THE REMAKE DISCUSSION CONCLUDING THOUGHTS * SUMMARY * STUDY QUESTIONS * FURTHER READING CHAPTER 8 Crime and the Surveillance Culture * OVERVIEW * KEY TERMS THE NSA AND A NEW AGE OF SURVEILLANCE PANOPTICISM THE SURVEILLANT ASSEMBLAGE FROM THE PANOPTICON TO SURVEILLANT ASSEMBLAGE AND BACK AGAIN "BIG BROTHER" OR "BRAVE NEW WORLD"? SOME CONCLUDING THOUGHTS * SUMMARY * STUDY QUESTIONS * FURTHER READING CHAPTER 9 The Role of the Internet in Crime and Deviance * OVERVIEW * KEY TERMS REDEFINING DEVIANCE AND DEMOCRATIZATION: DEVELOPING NATIONS AND THE CASE OF CHINA "ORDINARY" CYBERCRIMES HATE CRIME INVASION OF PRIVACY, DEFAMATION, AND IDENTITY THEFT EBAY FRAUD CHILDHOOD, CYBERSPACE, AND SOCIAL RETREAT CONCLUDING THOUGHTS * SUMMARY * STUDY QUESTIONS * FURTHER READING CHAPTER 10 (Re)Conceptualizing the Relationship Between Media and Crime * OVERVIEW * KEY TERMS DOING MEDIA-CRIME RESEARCH STIGMATIZATION, SENTIMENTALIZATION, AND SANCTIFICATION: THE "OTHERING" OF VICTIMS AND OFFENDERS * SUMMARY * STUDY QUESTIONS * FURTHER READING GLOSSARY REFERENCES INDEX ABOUT THE AUTHORS

"The comparative component to this book is brilliant. The eloquent writing style coupled with the international comparisons make for an informative, eye-opening, and exciting read! I honestly wasn't sure what I would think about the comparative nature of this book, but I simply love it!" -- Brooke Gialopsos "The comparison between the UK and US helps further our mission of creating global thinkers." -- Jaimee Limmer "Accessible and engaging introductions to a wide range of theories, concepts, and critiques. Good use of illustrative examples (including a variety of great new US and contemporary examples)." -- Kevin Drakulich "This is the American version of the text I already use, and my students are primarily Americans. It is directly relatable to their experiences. This text offers foundational knowledge that links criminological theories and media theories with an examination of relevant current and historical events. Jewkes has made this material greatly relatable to an American audience while maintaining an international perspective." -- Mark Feulner "The text is well written and articulates concepts in a clear manner. Chapters 2-4 present relevant real world examples that will allow students to draw connections between their own experiences/media exposure and course/text materials." -- Brooke Miller "The chapter on crime news is unique to this text and spells out clear criteria for why some crimes get covered and not others. Chapter on Media Misogyny - always eye-opening for students. In Chapters 2 and 3, the social construction of the "other" is clearly illustrated." -- Kristin Kenneavy "The structure and topics covered are all encompassing. The additional features like the summary and key terms are very helpful. The writing is understandable and clear for the students." -- Lauren Henry "Great examples. Goes beyond description to analysis. Applies more complex concepts ignored by other books." -- Emily Lenning "Jewkes and Linnemann's Media and Crime in the U.S. delivers even more than its title promises. It is certainly the go-to book for scholars and students seeking a critical, comprehensive, and theoretically rich analysis of the crime/media dynamics that percolate through everyday life in the United States. But more than this, the book invents a distinctive criminology for the 21st century - a criminology able to explore and understand the interconnections between popular culture, daily surveillance, digital identity, cyber-criminality, and other essential features of the contemporary." -- Jeff Ferrell "Jewkes and Linnemann have produced a definitive US companion to a classic in crime and media studies. In accessible, eloquent language, the authors provide us with a text that takes a much needed critical approach, ultimately insisting that scholars, our students, and general readers (re)conceptualize the relationship between media and crime in a manner in keeping with its proliferating spectacle." -- Michelle Brown