Role of the Media in Criminal Justice Policy

Taylor & Francis

The Role of the Media in Criminal Justice PolicyPrisons, Populism and the Press\nAuthor(s): Natalia Antolak-Saper\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032115252, 978-1032115252\nSynopsis\nThis book provides a socio-legal examination of the medias influence on the development and implementation of criminal justice policy.\n\nThis impact is often assumed. And, especially in the wake of high-profile crimes, the press is routinely observed calling for sentences to be harsher, and for governments to be tougher on crime. But how do we know that there is a connection? To answer this question, the book draws on a case study of the media reporting of the rape and murder of Jill Meagher in Melbourne, Australia; as well as other well-known cases, including those of James Bulger, Sarah Payne, Stephen Lawrence and Michael Brown, among others. Deploying a socio-legal framework to examine how the medias often powerful and emotive n.