TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lugo-Ocando,Jairo
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Crime Statistics in the News: Journalism, Numbers and Social Deviation 
SN  - 9781137398413
AV  - HV7231-9960 
U1  - 364 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - London
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan UK, Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Criminal justice, Administration of
KW  - Trials
KW  - Human rights
KW  - Criminology
KW  - Journalism
KW  - Criminal Justice
KW  - Juries and Criminal Trials
KW  - Human Rights and Crime
N1  - Available to subscribing member institutions only. Доступно лише організаціям членам підписки
N2  - This book offers a comparative exploration of how journalists across different newsrooms around the world access and interpret statistics when producing stories related to crime. Looking at the nature of news sources regularly used by journalists, Lugo-Ocando analyses how these numbers are used to report crime.  As the author argues, far from being straightforward, the relationship between numbers and journalists in the context of crime reporting is complex, and at times, problematic. Because the reporting of crime statistics impacts upon policymaking, we need to better understand how these statistics are used and reported in order to improve the process of decision. Finally, Lugo-Ocando maintains that the only way to create a fairer justice system and a better-informed general public is by improving the way crime is covered in the news. A compelling and informed text, this book will be of interest to scholars and students of criminology and journalism alike
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-39841-3
ER  -