Introduction; I: Overview; 1: The Wicked World: The National Police Gazette and Gilded-Age America; 2: Cosmology of Fear; 3: The Reporter I: Cops, Killers and Crispy Critters; II: Views on Crime and Media; 4: The Victim: Twice Wounded; 5: The Criminal: Where the Sun Don’t Shine; 6: The Cop: Waiting for Good Dope; 7: The Lawyer: “A Chill Wind Blows”; 8: The Judge: Justice in Prime Time; 9: The Court Officer: Meet the Press; 10: The Reporter II: Better Than Real Life; III: The Culture of Crime; 11: Nervous in the Naked City; 12: Kids and Crime; 13: The Female Fear; 14: Firearms Follies: How the News Media Cover Gun Control; 15: Desperadoes and Lawmen: The Folk Hero; 16: Making a Killing: An Interview with Elmore Leonard; 17: You Want Me to Read a What?; 18: Raskolnikov’s Regret: Covering Crime in Russia; IV: Review Essay; 19: Glimpses of Gotham