Title Random violence : how we talk about new crimes and new victims / Joel Best

Published Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1999

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 242 pages) : illustrations Contents Ch. 1. Random Violence -- Ch. 2. From Incidents to Instances: The Media Discover Wilding and Freeway Violence -- Ch. 3. Beyond Instances: Institutionalizing Stalking and Hate Crimes -- Ch. 4. Gangs, Conspiracies, and Other Cultural Resources -- Ch. 5. The New Victims -- Ch. 6. The Victim Industry -- Ch. 7. Declaring War on Social Problems -- Ch. 8. Connections among Claims: The Context for New Social Problems -- App. New Ways to Study Media Coverage of Social Problems Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-235) and index Notes Print version record Subject Fear of crime -- United States Crime -- United States -- Public opinion Violence -- United States -- Public opinion Victims of crimes -- United States -- Public opinion Mass media and crime -- United States Crime in mass media. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology. Crime in mass media Crime -- Public opinion Fear of crime Mass media and crime Victims of crimes -- Public opinion Violence -- Public opinion Kriminalitätsfurcht Kriminalität Berichterstattung Criminaliteit. Geweld. Slachtoffers. Publieke opinie. United States Form Electronic book LC no. 98006234 ISBN 9780520921672 0520921674 0585299366 9780585299365

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