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Crime statistics in the news [electronic resource] : journalism, numbers and social deviation / Jairo Lugo-Ocando.

This book offers a comparative exploration of how journalists across different newsrooms around the world access and interpret statistics when producing stories related to crime. Looking at the nature of news sources regularly used by journalists, Lugo-Ocando analyses how these numbers are used to r...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: Lugo-Ocando, Jairo (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]
Subjects:
Crime and the press.
Judicial statistics > Press coverage.
Criminal statistics > Press coverage.
Table of Contents:
  • Crime in the news
  • How crime statistics become news
  • Media representations of crime statistics
  • Stabbing news : what knife crime tells us about crime statistics in the news room
  • News, public policy and crime statistics
  • Spinning crime statistics
  • Visualising crime statistics
  • Crime statistics and the public.
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • 1: Introduction
  • Where to Begin
  • From Then to Now
  • Beyond Statistics
  • Big Thanks
  • References
  • 2: Crime in the News
  • Crime News
  • Mediatisation of Crime
  • Moral Panic and Crime News
  • Media Securitization
  • Agenda Setting
  • General Framework
  • References
  • 3: How Crime Statistics Became News
  • From Then to Now
  • Zero Tolerance for Numbers
  • Tough on Causes?
  • Post Tough Period
  • References
  • 4: Media Representations of Crime Statistics.
  • Statistics as Source and Fact Media Portrayal
  • References
  • 5: Stabbing News: What Knife Crime Tells Us About Crime Statistics in the News Room
  • Methodology and Approaches
  • Theory and Background
  • General Findings
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • 6: News, Public Policy and Crime Statistics
  • The Policy Numbers
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 7: Spinning Crime Statistics
  • Crisis Time
  • Professional Communication
  • Not Only About Communication
  • A Force for Good?
  • References
  • 8: Visualising Crime Statistics.
  • Graphic Understanding Key Graphics
  • Other Forms of Representation
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 9: Crime Statistics and the Public
  • The Importance of Numbers
  • Understanding Numbers
  • References
  • 10: Conclusion
  • â#x80;#x9C;Dataficationâ#x80;#x9D; of Life
  • Daily Crime
  • References
  • References.

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