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Tabloid Justice: Criminal Justice in an Age of Media Frenzy By Richard L. Fox and Robert W. Van Sickel. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2001. 225p. $55.00 cloth, $22.00 paper.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 November 2002

William C. Green
William C. Green
Affiliation:
Morehead State University
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We live in a tabloid era defined by The National Enquirer and The Star. How has it affected popular confidence in the criminal justice system? Richard L. Fox and Robert W. Van Sickel's study examines the mass media's tabloid news coverage of high-profile criminal cases that involve violence and race, gender, and social class issues. This news coverage, they argue, sacrifices the media's educational function, misinforms the public about the operation of the criminal justice system, and contributes to the public's lack of faith in criminal justice.

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Book Review
Information
American Political Science Review , Volume 96 , Issue 3 , September 2002 , pp. 636 - 637
Copyright
© 2002 by the American Political Science Association

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