NCCD Research Review : Crime and the Mass Media: a Selective Review of Research
- 1 July 1981
- journal article
- review article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
- Vol. 18 (2) , 319-350
- https://doi.org/10.1177/002242788101800207
Abstract
The mass media are pervasive in the United States, and accusations about the media's role in eliciting deviant behaviors are common. Yet criminologists have paid scant attention to the media in their theories and research. There is, however, a body of research conducted by psychologists, political scientists, and sociologists that bears, directly or indirectly, on the issues of crime and justice. This article draws on that research in reviewing the major findings on a selected set of topics.Keywords
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