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Crime Statistics in the News - Journalism, Numbers and Social Deviation (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
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Crime Statistics in the News - Journalism, Numbers and Social Deviation (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
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This book offers a comparative exploration of how journalists
across different newsrooms around the world access and interpret
statistics when producing stories related to crime. Looking at the
nature of news sources regularly used by journalists, Lugo-Ocando
analyses how these numbers are used to report crime. As the author
argues, far from being straightforward, the relationship between
numbers and journalists in the context of crime reporting is
complex, and at times, problematic. Because the reporting of crime
statistics impacts upon policymaking, we need to better understand
how these statistics are used and reported in order to improve the
process of decision. Finally, Lugo-Ocando maintains that the only
way to create a fairer justice system and a better-informed general
public is by improving the way crime is covered in the news. A
compelling and informed text, this book will be of interest to
scholars and students of criminology and journalism alike.
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