Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- What's So New About News? -- Murder in the First Degree -- Murder in the First Block -- "True" Crime Shows -- News You Can't Use -- It's All in the Genes -- The Unbearable Weight of Being Black -- Damsels in Distress -- Missing Pretty White Girls -- It's Hard Being a Girl . . . Even Harder Being a Girl of Color -- Good Cops, Bad Cops, Dirty Cops, and Mad Cops -- From the TV Screen to the Ballot Box -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- INDEX -- About the Authors
Summary
With a combination of field experience and criminological research, this book gives insight to the news and drama programming that shapes the way viewers perceive crime and the formation of policy
