In order to prepare a successful research project, a qualitative researcher often must consult
media documents of various types. Authors David L. Altheide and Christopher J. Schneider …

The creative use of fear by news media and social control organizations has produced a"
discurse of fear"-the awareness and expection that danger and risk are lurking everywhere …

This article examines how news reports about terrorism in five nationally prominent US
newspapers reflect the terms and discourse associated with the politics of fear, or decision …

Although criminal justice systems vary greatly around the world, one theme has emerged in
all western jurisdictions in recent years: a rise in both the rhetoric and practice of severe …

Democratic policing today is a widely used approach to policing not only in Western
societies but increasingly around the world. Yet it is rarely defined and it is little understood …

The mission of policing is “to protect and serve,” but recent events suggest that many
Americans, and especially Black Americans, do not feel protected from the police …

This article examines perceptions of police misconduct in the United States and the factors
that influence these perceptions. Using data from a large, nationally representative survey of …

Public knowledge of crime and justice is largely derived from the media. This paper
examines the influence of media consumption on fear of crime, punitive attitudes and …

Many Americans report that they are fearful of crime. One frequently cited source of this fear
is the mass media. The media, and local television news in particular, often report on …

In America today, one in every hundred adults is behind bars. As our prison population has
exploded,'law and order'interest groups have also grown--in numbers and political clout. In …