Tabloid justice : criminal justice in an age of media frenzy / Richard L. Fox, Robert W. Van Sickel, Thomas L. Steiger.

Boulder, CO : Lynne Reinner Publisher Inc. US, 2007.

2nd ed.

59516

Mass media and criminal justice -- United States.

Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States.

1. Looking for this week's Trial of the Century

2. The mainstream media go tabloid

3. Tabloid justice and the evolution of new media

4. Public opinion, trial coverage, and faith in the criminal justice system

5. Race, gender, class, and tabloid justice

6. Is there any escape from tabloid justice?

The authors investigate the impact of the media's coverage of the criminal justice system, and reveal the tactics of a media driven by profit to the detriment of political and legal principles.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781588265326

xii, 250 p. ; 23 cm