Harms of Crime Media

Denise L. Bissler is an associate professor of sociology at Randolph-Macon College. Her work has been published in Teaching Sociology; Innovative Techniques for Teaching Sociological Concepts and Free Inquiry in Creative Sociology. Joan L. Conners is an associate professor of communication studies at Randolph-Macon College. Her work has been published in American Behavioral Scientist, PS: Political Science and Politics, and Harvard International Journal of Press and Politics.

• Table of ContentsPreface      Introduction: Media, Crime and HegemonyGARY W. POTTER and VICTOR E. KAPPELER      Constructing and Reconstructing Female Sexual Assault Victims Within the MediaVENESSA GARCIA18The Social Construction of Serial Murder Victims: A Multivariate Level AnalysisJANELLE M. ELIASSON- NANNINI and DEIRDRE SOMMERLAD- ROGERS      “These kids are killing each other”: Gender- Neutral vs. Gender-Specific Framing in the School Shooting Media DiscourseBRIAN KNOP      The Social Construction of Methamphetamine in the Print MediaTERESA ROACH      Media vs. Reality: Who Is the Real Female Sex Offender?BRIDGET A. HEPNER-WILLIAMSON      Monstrous, Demonic and Evil: Media Constructs of Women Who KillKATE WHITELEY      Gangs, Politics and Media: Lessons from the New York Chapter of the Almighty Latin King and Queen NationLOUIS KONTOS      Inequalities in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Stereotypes in the CSI InvestigatorsDENISE L. BISSLER and JOAN L. CONNERS       “Who are you?” Shared Responsibility and the Victims of CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationKATHERINE FOSS      Macho Cops, Corner Boys and Soldiers: The Construction of Race and Masculinity on HBO’s The WireLINDA WALDRON and CHERYL CHAMBERS      Fictionalized Women in Trouble: An Exploration of the Television Crime Drama CSI: MiamiSARAH RIZUN      Ripped from the Headlines: The Depiction of Sexual Orientation– Based Hate Crimes in Television Crime DramasNICHOLAS GUITTAR      Crime News Sources and Crime Views: The Relationship Between News Media Exposure Patterns and Whites’ Opinions about Criminal Justice IssuesALICIA D. SIMMONS      Conclusion: Cultivating Bias in the MediaJACK LEVIN and ERIC MADFIS      About the Contributors      Index

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