This collection examines the coverage of law and justice on television in different countries around the world. It provides a benchmark for further study of the nature and extent of television coverage of justice in fictional, reality, and documentary forms. It does this by drawing on empirical work from a range of scholars in different jurisdictions. Each chapter looks at the raw data of how much "justice" material viewers were able to access in the multi-channel world of 2014 during three phases: apprehension (police); adjudication (lawyers), and disposition (prison/punishment). The authors...
This collection examines the coverage of law and justice on television in different countries around the world. It provides a benchmark for further st...