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Adolescents, Crime, and the Media A Critical Analysis /

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 can—or should—the media be implicated in youth crime? And are today's sophisticated young peop...

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Main Author: Ferguson, Christopher J. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edition:1st ed. 2013.
Series:Advancing Responsible Adolescent Development,
Subjects:
Developmental psychology.
Sociology.
Educational policy.
Education and state.
Criminology.
Child psychology.
School psychology.
Mass media.
Law.
Developmental Psychology.
Sociology, general.
Educational Policy and Politics.
Criminology and Criminal Justice, general.
Child and School Psychology.
IT Law, Media Law, Intellectual Property.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6741-0
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.     .

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