Trigger w
Descriptio
news acco
grievous
crim
,• Media, newsworthiness, and victims
• Ideal and non-ideal victim(s) in the
context of the media:
Hierarchy of victims and credibility
Ideal offenders and suitable enemies
Implications: media and policy
• Trial by (social) media and example cases
, • Jack Katz (1987): ‘The reading of crime is a collective, ritu
experience’
• Our understanding of crime and the CJS is overwhelmingly
drawn from the media → Is public alarm about certain
‘newsworthy’ crimes is exaggerated?
• The effect on the efficacy of the criminal justice system? →
anxiety stimulated by news media lead our focus in the wr
direction?
• Labelling victims and offenders:
Who has the power to apply such labels and by what crit
Who applied to?
Who seen as ‘legitimate’ and ‘deserving’?
What are the implications?
Descriptio
news acco
grievous
crim
,• Media, newsworthiness, and victims
• Ideal and non-ideal victim(s) in the
context of the media:
Hierarchy of victims and credibility
Ideal offenders and suitable enemies
Implications: media and policy
• Trial by (social) media and example cases
, • Jack Katz (1987): ‘The reading of crime is a collective, ritu
experience’
• Our understanding of crime and the CJS is overwhelmingly
drawn from the media → Is public alarm about certain
‘newsworthy’ crimes is exaggerated?
• The effect on the efficacy of the criminal justice system? →
anxiety stimulated by news media lead our focus in the wr
direction?
• Labelling victims and offenders:
Who has the power to apply such labels and by what crit
Who applied to?
Who seen as ‘legitimate’ and ‘deserving’?
What are the implications?
