Media and the Criminal Justice Professions

This course looks at how the media plays an important role in the construction of criminality and the criminal justice system and its influence on how society perceives victims, criminals, deviants, and criminal justice officials. The media and the false/true portrayals of these professions can be positive or damaging to both the professionals in the criminal justice arena and the people of society. A connection is also shown how the public crime-and-justice agenda, beliefs about criminology, and attitudes toward policy are influenced by the media.