Yvonne Jewkes' Media and Crime
is a remarkable book for its critical, comprehensive engagement with the most
important of contemporary issues. As one of the top scholars in her field,
Jewkes provides a panoramic view across the full sweep of media and crime, in
all their many forms and entanglements, from television crime coverage to
internet search engines and situations of surveillance. Taking the reader with
her across this complex cultural terrain, she reveals something else as well:
the essential insights into contemporary politics, power, and conflict that are
to be found where crime and media collide.
In this light Media and Crime becomes required reading not
only for students and scholars of crime and media, but for anyone interested in
understanding the dangerous dynamics of the late modern world. - Jeff Ferrell,
Texas Christian University, US, and University of Kent, UK This second edition
of Jewkes' treatise Media and Crime is the most comprehensive volume to date on
the major issues involved. Analytically incisive and international as well as
national in orientation, it is a must for everyone preoccupied with media and
crime, and for all students engaged in the area.
Thomas Mathiesen, Professor of Sociology of Law, University
of Oslo, Norway The first edition set the standard for textbooks on crime and
media. This revised edition has raised the bar. Erudite, authoritative,
interdisciplinary and always engaging, Yvonne Jewkes' Media and Crime transports
students to a genuinely interesting place and makes other textbooks seem rather
dull in comparison.
Established in the field as the market leader, the book
explores the complex interactions between media and crime from a critical and
authoritative standpoint. Retaining and updating coverage of the core issues in
the subject: news reporting of crime; media constructions of children and women;
moral panics; media and the police; 'reality' crime shows; surveillance and
social control, the book now also includes: "additional chapters on cybercrime
and crime film" updated content on new media including mobile, Internet and
digital technologies, and social networking sites "discussions on how to
research media and crime" fully updated references and student-friendly features
- including discussion questions, further reading and glossary. Its lucid and
engaging style, thought-provoking content and panoramic coverage of key debates
and issues make this the text on media and crime.
