Jon Silverman

Crime, Policy and the Media

The Shaping of Criminal Justice, 1989-2010

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Crime, Policy and the Media is the first academic text to map the relationship between a rapidly changing media and policymaking in criminal justice. Written by a former BBC Home Affairs Correspondent, with unrivalled access to the highest reaches of policy-making, it is both academically rigorous and accessible and will be of interest to both scholars and practitioners in media and criminal justice.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9780415672320
• ISBN-10: 0415672325
• Artikelnr.: 32962574

Autorenporträt

Jon Silverman has been Professor of Media and Criminal Justice at the University of Bedfordshire since July 2007. He is a leading criminal justice analyst and authority on international war crimes tribunals and from 1989-2002, was the BBC Home Affairs Correspondent. His earlier BBC career included a spell in Paris as a correspondent (1987-89) and at Westminster as a political correspondent. In 1996, he won the Sony Radio Gold Award for his reporting of war crimes issues on Radio 4.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 1. Introduction 2. The Media and the Punitive Gene 3. Politicians,
Media and Judges 4. Protecting the Public or Protecting the Politicians 5.
Home Secretaries Against the Home Office 6. In the Shadow of Number Ten 7.
Addicted to Distortion: The Media and UK Drugs Policy 8. The Cannabis
Conundrum 9. Police and the Media 10. A Changing Media ¿ and a New Media
11. Terrorism and the Politics of Response 12. Conclusion. Appendix: List
of Interviewees