News, Crime And Culture

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Crime is always newsworthy. But is crime reporting as value-free and objective as we would like to think? Is crime reporting concerned exclusively with issues of good and evil, justice and the law? Or is it part of a broader and much more specific ideology, underpinned by an essentially conservative agenda?The link between news reports of crime or disorder and public perception becomes increasingly clear, as public reaction to the murder of Sarah Payne and the fuel crisis has shown. News, Crime and Culture explores these links, assessing the relation between culture, criminality and social control, and in particular the ways in which news reports reinforce particular responses to race, poverty, class and gender. Maggie Wykes uncovers these links through a variety of high-profile events featured in the news, spanning the last twenty years of the twentieth century. She examines such issues as child abuse, football hooliganism, homelessness, youth culture, inner-city crime, prostitution, pornography, homosexuality, and domestic violence. Using case studies and a range of methodological analyses, Wykes turns the business of crime reporting inside out, revealing the hidden agendas that not only report but shape our view of the world in often insidious ways.

Author(s): Maggie Wykes
Year: 2001

Language: English
Pages: 240

Contents......Page 4
impartiality 1......Page 5
Organisation......Page 6
and cultural values, 23-4......Page 27
negativity in 24 25......Page 28
comparison of reports, 40-142......Page 44
41......Page 45
evaluation of blame attributed to, 158......Page 162
modernism 8......Page 12
Critical Shifts......Page 13
feminist criminology, 12-15......Page 16
crime rate among, 15......Page 19
17......Page 21
and representation, 20-2......Page 24
22-5......Page 26
journalism in, 25-6......Page 29
deconstruction of, 27......Page 31
urbanisation of, 30-1......Page 34
slavery 32......Page 36
discrimination against black workers, 33......Page 37
on mugging, 35......Page 39
42-51......Page 46
racial, 51-3......Page 55
and news values, 53-4......Page 57
55......Page 59
and popular culture, 60......Page 64
collective crowd violence, 61-3......Page 65
culture of conflict under, 63......Page 67
and miners' strike, 68-9......Page 72
football, 76-7......Page 80
on football hooligans, 82......Page 86
phases of, 86......Page 90
phases of, 88-90......Page 92
Western Daily Press, reports of New Age gathering at Stonehenge 91-3......Page 95
on Stonehenge invasion, 93......Page 97
and street riots, 96-9......Page 100
on Bulger case, 99-100......Page 103
video-nasties 100......Page 104
Green protesters, 103-6......Page 107
ideological, 106......Page 110
campaign for affordable housing, 112-13......Page 116
homelessness, 114......Page 118
representation of homelessness, 116-17......Page 120
117......Page 121
Sunday Times, Crisis at Christmas appeal 118......Page 122
homeless in Leeds, 121-3......Page 125
homelessness, 123-8......Page 127
conflict with Conservative government, 128-9......Page 132
homelessness among, 135-6......Page 139
traditional model of 'good ', 138-9......Page 142
re-evaluation of, 139-40......Page 143
A Vindication of the Rights of Women, 141......Page 145
and gender, 143......Page 147
and plea of provocation in domestic killings, 147-8......Page 151
148......Page 152
on Sainsbury case, 151-2......Page 155
used to evaluate blame attribution, 153-5......Page 157
male, 160......Page 164
164......Page 168
family model, 165......Page 169
167-70......Page 171
171-5......Page 175
175......Page 179
on West case, 178......Page 182
sexual taboos 180......Page 184
184......Page 188
187......Page 191
selection of, 188......Page 192
state centralisation, 190......Page 194
in popular culture, 191-3......Page 195
contemporary models of, 193......Page 197
195......Page 199
child, 200......Page 204
power of, 202-5......Page 206
in prison, 206n......Page 210
racial violence, 208n......Page 212
San Francisco 209n......Page 213
Porter, Dame Shirley 210......Page 214
211n......Page 215
use of transactive clauses, 212n......Page 216
214......Page 218
215-16......Page 219
Figure 4:Explanation Type and Value: Gendered Discourses......Page 220
Bibliography......Page 221
Index......Page 234
185......Page 189
14-15......Page 18
conflated with sex, 192......Page 196
Women Against Violence Against Women 145......Page 149
62......Page 66
199......Page 203
control of football violence, 80......Page 84
Sexual Offences Act [1985] 169......Page 173
narrative devices, 189......Page 193
194......Page 198
as news medium, 6-7......Page 10
and radical press, 65-6......Page 69
173......Page 177
about youth culture, 89......Page 93
67......Page 71
deconstruction of, 113......Page 117
homelessness among, 119......Page 123
Tunstall, J. 130-1......Page 134
homelessness among, 120-1......Page 124
Wyatt, Dr Geoffrey 176......Page 180
Wolf, Naomi 146......Page 150
criminology, 10......Page 14
Women, Crime and Criminology, 13......Page 17
writing style, 39......Page 43
36-42......Page 40
SUS [stop and search on suspicion] 38-9......Page 42
racial, 34......Page 38
black/white statistics, 58......Page 62
16......Page 20
Song of Handsworth [film] 50......Page 54
black stereotypes of, 52......Page 56
54......Page 58
109-10......Page 113
syntactical style compared with Morning Star 45......Page 49
media reflection of, 163......Page 167
political involvement sidelined, 196......Page 200
of blame attribution, 152-60......Page 156
consensus and, 29......Page 33
circulation, 204......Page 208
middle class, 197......Page 201
105......Page 109
on Toxteth, 37......Page 41
use of transactive clauses, 46-7......Page 50
promiscuity as deviant, 168......Page 172
149......Page 153
150-2......Page 154
as audience, 97......Page 101
youth cultures, 108......Page 112
pornography as prejudicial representation of, 183......Page 187
membership decline, 83......Page 87
representation of, 107......Page 111
142......Page 146
115......Page 119
state centralisation, 5......Page 9
deconstruction of, 28......Page 32
football coverage, 84-5......Page 88
working class, 31......Page 35
48......Page 52
203......Page 207
social services, and housing eligibility criteria 126......Page 130
26......Page 30
representation of, 90......Page 94
culture, 102......Page 106
98......Page 102
11......Page 15
and middle class values, 85......Page 89
Myant, Chris, CRE 59......Page 63
Walker, Peter, MP 69......Page 73
and miners' strike, 75......Page 79
media role in deconstructing, 74......Page 78
on Stonehenge invasion, 92......Page 96
56......Page 60
172......Page 176
4......Page 8
young single mothers, 124......Page 128
and responsibility for homelessness, 137......Page 141
182......Page 186
homelessness, 136......Page 140
71......Page 75
72-3......Page 76
on council estate riots, 87......Page 91
in social values, 201-2......Page 205
207n......Page 211
licensing of, 95-6......Page 99
media role in deconstructing, 3......Page 7
and violence, 140......Page 144
on mortgages, 129......Page 133
persistence of, 57......Page 61
and national identity, 81......Page 85
and responsibility for homelessness, 127......Page 131
43-5......Page 47
213n......Page 217
ideological, 19-20......Page 23
subordination of, 170......Page 174
male, 161......Page 165
and eligibility of single parents, 125-8......Page 129
subordination of, 162-3......Page 166
and rave parties, 94......Page 98
middle class, 101-2......Page 105
Purves, Libby 110......Page 114
condemnation of football hooliganism, 78......Page 82
132......Page 136
definitions of pornography, 179......Page 183
sexual imagery, 181......Page 185
World in Action [ITV], on Manchester tunnellers 104......Page 108
Spanner case [[1990] 174......Page 178
133-4......Page 137
in housing applications, 122-3......Page 126
embourgeoisement of, 166......Page 170
Van Zoonen, L. 131-2......Page 135
18-year-olds......Page 22
reconstruction of sex, 144......Page 148
contemporary representation of, 198-9......Page 202
urbanisation of, 77......Page 81
Sports Council, on crowd disorder 79......Page 83
urbanisation of, 64......Page 68
21......Page 25
used to evaluate blame attribution, 159-60......Page 163
West, Rose, media representation of 177-8......Page 181
traditional model of 'good ', 156-7......Page 160
language of gender values, 157-60......Page 161
205......Page 209
political involvement sidelined, 111......Page 115
and consensus, 134-5......Page 138
155......Page 159
66-7......Page 70
support for Thatcher, 73......Page 77
evaluation of blame attributed to, 154......Page 158
use of transactive clauses, 44-5......Page 48
syntactical style compared with Morning Star 47......Page 51
49......Page 53
collective identity of, 70......Page 74