Overview
- Asks how social media influences criminal justice
- Draws on interviews with a range of academic experts and practitioners internationally
- Includes case study examples, study questions, and further reading to appeal to a student audience
- Appeals across criminology, criminal justice, media and culture, sociology and women’s studies
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Crime, Media and Culture (PSCMC)
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
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.
Reviews
“This book is a vital resource for criminology students and researchers grappling with the implications of new media technology for crime and justice. Through a dynamic blend of theory, research and contemporary case studies, the authors provide an accessible and comprehensive exploration of the field of criminology media studies. They demonstrate how new media is not only changing patterns of crime, but also responses to it by law enforcement, the criminal justice system, ‘legacy’ media and the community. This book provides a cutting-edge update of crime and media studies for the social media age.” (Michael Salter, Western Sydney University, Australia)
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Kate Luther is Associate Professor of Sociology at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA, USA. She received her PhD in Sociology from the University of California Riverside. Her current research examines the experiences of children of incarcerated parents.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: #Crime
Book Subtitle: Social Media, Crime, and the Criminal Legal System
Authors: Rebecca M. Hayes, Kate Luther
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Crime, Media and Culture
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89444-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-89443-0Published: 07 September 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-89444-7Published: 24 August 2018
Series ISSN: 2946-3912
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3920
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 203
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Popular Science in Law, Crime and the Media, Crime and Society, Social Media, Gender Studies, Media and Communication