Adolescents, Crime, and the Media A Critical Analysis /

• Main Author: Ferguson, Christopher J. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Advancing Responsible Adolescent Development,
• Subjects: Philosophy (General).; Mass media > Law and legislation.; Criminology.; Developmental psychology.; Psychology.; Developmental Psychology.; Sociology, general.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Criminology & Criminal Justice.; Child and School Psychology.; Media Law.
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A campus shooting. A gang assault. A school bus ambush. With each successive event, fingers are pointed at the usual suspects: violent films, bloody video games, explicit web sites. But to what extent canor shouldthe media be implicated in youth crime? And are today's sophisticated young peop...

Table of Contents:

• Part 1: Media Depictions of Crime
• Chapter 1: Introduction: Crime and the Media
• Chapter 2: A History of Violence in the Media
• Chapter 3: Media Portrayals of Crime and Youth
• Chapter 4: Adolescents in the News Media
• Chapter 5: The CSI Effect
• Part 2: Research on Media as a Cause of Crime
• Chapter 6: Television Violence
• Chapter 7: Video Games
• Chapter 8: Other Media
• Chapter 9: Pornography
• Chapter 10: Public Policy, Censorship and 1st Amendment Issues.