This thesis investigates the influence of the Internet on the reporting of crime and criminal justice in traditional media, focusing on the hitherto unexplored nexus of media, crime and the Internet. The Internet as a medium acknowledges no boundaries or geographical barriers and the implications of such globally unrestricted access are far wider than the mainstream consideration of several legal and ethical ramifications that accompany reportage on an international scale. This research represents a triangulated study, based on results obtained from an analysis of Internet crime sites, a process of elite interviewing of practising journalists and academics and demonstration case studies of three high-profile crimes.This research suggests the Internet audience wants shorter, more concise crime stories at first point of access, focusing on the main or more sensational aspects, with further background and detail available through links to the requisite multi-media facilities. These multi-media facilities often offer far more graphic detail and specificity than is available in mainstream media, particularly when the latter, constrained by such restrictions as deadlines and space, are compelled to dispense with superfluous detail, with no reader access to further information. In addition, the media theories of agenda-setting and framing undergo a noticeable transition when applied to online reporting.Crime reports on the Internet now complement the text of their narrative with audio and visual detail, bringing the audience ever closer to the scene of the crime and, in many instances, to the perpetrator and victim, again raising ethical issues and reopening the argument of the public‟s right to know versus the individual‟s desire for privacy.In addition, the speed of transmitting information and the ability to update it almost instantaneously must give the Internet a competitive edge in the media focus on attracting an audience and meeting its needs. Yet, despite the widely held consensus that the Internet is free from control, this coverage encounters some degree of gate-keeping.Exploration of available literature has complemented the study, which demonstrates conclusively the influence of the Internet on such journalistic elements as news values, legal and ethical issues, framing and agenda-setting in crime reporting in traditional media.

Thesis (PhD) -- Bond University, 2009. / "A thesis submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy"-- t.p. Bibliography: pages 336-365. Also available via the World Wide Web.

Thesis (M.J.S.)--University of Nevada, Reno, 2001. / "December 2001." Includes bibliographical references (leaf 118). Online version available on the World Wide Web.

Various forms of popular culture serve to educate and socialize as well as influence human behavior. In a discipline such as criminal justice, little is known by the general public about the individuals involved with the system: the law enforcer, the victim, and the offender. Therefore, the construction of reality for most is likely to come from media representation. A content analysis was used as a method to systematically evaluate crime films over a period of 20 years to investigate what gender messages were apparent in the genre. A sample of 42 crime films was drawn beginning in 1972 through 1992. The main and supporting characters were analyzed to determine if gender differences existed in regard to occupational representation, victimization, and offending. Focus was on occupational representation. The data was compared to the official data to ascertain whether the gender representations in the films reflected the official data. Trends over the 20 year period were analyzed to determine if the portrayal of women and men over the years reflected the changes experienced in the criminal justice system. The research provided an understanding of the content of this form of popular culture. Males were more likely included in the films than females. This is consistent with the reality of male domination in the field of criminal justice and with past research which indicated that women were often excluded from films. Computed Chi-square tests indicated that significant relationships existed between sex and evidence of the police personality; sex and character appearance in casual, uniform, and seductive attire; sex and use of all types of force; sex and use of expert and coercive power; and sex and aggression as a style of conflict resolution. T Tests revealed that there were sex differences in character appearance in uniform and seductive attire, use of aggression as a style of conflict resolution, commission of crime, and commission of nonviolent crime. The films closely represented the official data in regard to male and female violent offenders with a small overrepresentation of female violence and an equally small underrepresentation of male violence. Women were underrepresented as property offenders and men were overrepresented. In terms of victimization, women were overrepresented as victims of violent crime and property crime. Over the two decades, women were consistently absent when compared to the number of men casted in the films; were consistently underrepresented as law enforcers, with the exception of two, three year intervals; and were most often casted as wives or girlfriends of law enforcers except in one, three year interval. Men were most likely to be seen as law enforcers in every interval, again consistent with the male domination seen in the law enforcement field. Sexism Level I films, indicating extreme sexism, was found to be at least in 67% of all films for each three interval except from 1984 to 1986. / Ed. D.

Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2018-05-10T12:54:32Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Claudio Mikio Suzuki.pdf: 1295283 bytes, checksum: 8119d201f6dbcd007ac6e48595c88fec (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-05-10T12:54:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Claudio Mikio Suzuki.pdf: 1295283 bytes, checksum: 8119d201f6dbcd007ac6e48595c88fec (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-03-13 / Fear and hatred promote the legitimacy of an exception in criminal procedure. Such significant movements within the legal landscape are driven by public solidarity refusing potential impunity. Popular tactics include influence by the media and inflammatory, often viral, commentary made possible by present-day social networks. Criminal law and order becomes the solution to the perceived evils of postmodern society. The end of Brazil's military dictatorship gave birth to a society with newfound democratized information. Living in an exponentially expanding technological era, uncensored information is expansive and it is accessible. The foundation of criminal law is to fairly and democratically extirpate unlawful behavior along a continuum of actions including harmless violations as well as charges made against corrupt politicians -- a popular topic in these times. A free society has created a cultural idea of punishment argued to be fairer and just. This mindset may even, at times, move away from the established aims of the democratic criminal procedure. Free speech and uncensored news are positive concepts in any society. This is not under debate. Yet, when the popular cultural idea of justice begins to deviate from established law and order, problems occur. Ideas voiced at great marches in large urban centers, combined with social media explosions, can appear to contradict rules or laws of our country. Whether or not a difference exists between what society believes is unjust and what the courts deem unjust can become obscured. A faction of the population may emerge as "judge, jury, and executioner," to borrow a popular English expression. This may mark a return to vigilantism, a surge of individuals who believe the criminal law system is broken, and, therefore, undertake law and order without legal authority. In today's world, the term "vigilantes" can be easily substituted with "Facebook Judges". Working outside of the law, disorder can arise. The result can potentially be an outright uprising of the civilian population including civil and criminal disobedience. In a historical, comparative and bibliographical analysis, this work seeks the message coming from society as a whole and the current growth of the criminal law application, without observing the penal and penal procedural principles, for the punishment of these so-called enemies, and verify whether this current criminal policy represents an exercise in democracy or total disorder and defy / Buscou-se com a presente tese demonstrar como o medo e o ódio impulsionam a legitimidade de um processo penal de exceção, movido pelo anseio popular de acabar com a impunidade, fato este que é potencializado pela mídia e inflamada pelas redes sociais, aumentando o movimento de lei e ordem, onde se aplica o Direito Penal como solução para todos os males da sociedade pós-moderna. Passado o período de ditadura militar no país, com a volta da liberdade de expressão, até por conta do atual contexto de uma sociedade que voltou a democratizar a informação, o excesso e a facilidade de acesso pela população em geral, inclusive a leiga, até pelo fato dos avanços tecnológicos, faz com que seja criada um senso comum de que a cultura da punição seja o único caminho para termos uma sociedade mais justa, mesmo que se afaste do garantismo penal, que objetiva a aplicação de um processo penal justo e democrático, com o intuito único e exclusivo de extirpar com os inimigos da sociedade, que hoje são os ladrões – sejam eles de pequenos furtos – bem como o grande foco, os políticos corruptos. Essa participação popular, seja por manifestações populares em grandes centros urbanos, ou ainda pelas redes sociais, tem se tornado instrumentos multiplicadores, para que caso a lei não seja aplicada como a população quer, há o surgimento de “justiceiros˜, com um verdadeiro retorno da “lei de talião” e o suplício das penas, nesse espaço de suposta inexistência de lei, criando de forma multiplicadora os “juízes de facebook”, que permeiam e insuflam a população civil a um levante de revolta e exercício de resistência e de desobediência civil e penal. Numa análise histórica, comparativa e bibliográfica, este presente trabalho busca entender a mensagem oriunda da sociedade como um todo e o atual crescimento da aplicação da lei penal de forma desmedida, sem a observância dos princípios penais e processuais penais, para a punição desses chamados inimigos da sociedade, uma verdadeira seletividade da lei penal, e verificar se essa atual política criminal, representa um exercício da democracia ou de total desordem e descontrole

Thesis (M. Soc. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.Soc.Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print.

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Text in English / This study investigates the SAPS utilisation of social media in its fight against crime, and the extent to which the SAPS is already using it. The findings suggest that the SAPS is utilising social media in the fight against crime, mostly at a specialised level. Detectives at station level lack adequate knowledge and skills to use social media to their advantage. A lack of adequate resources and training is also identified. Social media is a communication platform for millions of people, and should therefore be used in the SAPS, to its advantage, to solve crime. Guidelines are in place for law enforcement officials who need to use it in their investigations. Recommendations resulting from the study include benchmarking with international law enforcement agencies, and finalisation of relevant policies. Training material should be developed and presented to detectives and members at station level. Resources should be made available to members to use in their investigations. / Police Practice / M. Tech. (Policing)