Descriptio
news acco
grievous
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,• 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?