Cases on Crimes, Investigations, and Media Coverage

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This book examines famous crime cases and the media coverage that surrounded them. This media coverage includes film, television, and wider media coverage of major crimes, such as murders, the investigations that followed and the subsequent trials. This is then followed by discussion of media coverage of these events.

The book combines a criminological study of key crime cases over the last 50 years. It also provides an understanding of how media covered these crimes, from crime to detection to trials. Films and television programs are included in this survey of major crimes. This book appeals to students, researchers and practitioners of criminology, criminal justice, law, media studies, communications, psychology and sociology.