THE MEDIA, THE POLICE AND THE MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY: OBSERVATIONS ON A CITY IN CRISIS

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This paper examines media treatment of events related to the Jeffrey Dahmer serial murder case and its aftermath in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A content analysis of newspaper articles, participant observation in aftermath events, interviews with newsworkers, discussions with police officers, and examination of alternative newspapers provide the data for this investigation of the role of the media in police-community relations. The news media played an important role in mediating police-community relations during this volatile period in Milwaukee's history.