Lecture Notes

 

Media & Reality
Crime News
Criminals: Media Images
Net OJ
Media Crime 1
Media Crime 2
Reel Cops
Police News
Hollywood Lawyers
Shadow Justice
Pittman
Reel Prisons
Sussman
Media Criminologist

Lectures and Reading Schedule

Date: Chapters: On-Line Lectures:
Week 1 Surette, chapters 1, 2, 5 Media and Reality
Week 2 Surette, chapter 3
Rafter, Introduction
What Makes Crime News?
 
Week 3 Potter, chapters 1,2,3,4 Crime and Criminals: Media Images
Week 4 Rafter, chapter 1,2 Crime and its Causes: The Psyche of Offenders
Varieties of Media Crime, 2: Drugs and Juvenile Delinquency
Week 5 Simpson, chapters 1, 4, 5 Varieties of Media Crime, 1: Satanism and Hate Crimes
Week 6 Potter, chapters 6,7,8,9,15 OJ and the Internet
Victims, Perpetrators and Heroes
Week 7 Rafter, chapter 3
Simpson, chapter 2
Reel Cops
Rogue Cops
Week 8 Simpson, chapter 3
Wykes, chapter 1
Police and the News Media
Week 9 Rafter, chapter 4
Wykes, chapter 2
Hollywood Lawyers
**Updated Version
  MidTerm Exam March 4
  SPRING BREAK MARCH 10 to 14
Week 10
 
Surette, chapter 4
Wykes, chapter 3
Shadow Justice
 
Week 11 Wykes, chapter 4
Potter, chapter 10
Guest Lecture: Craig Pittman
Week 12
 
Rafter, chapter 5
Wykes, chapter 5
Prisons Through the Lens of Hollywood
**Updated Version
Week 13 Wykes, chapter 6
Potter, chapters 11, 13
Guest Lecture: Peter Sussman
Week 14 Rafter, chapter 6
Potter, chapter 14
Wykes, chapter 7
Becoming a Media Criminologist
Using the Internet as a Newsmaking Criminology Tool
Week 15 Surette, chapter 6
Wykes, chapter 8
Student Presentations
4/29 Final Exam 5:30 to 7:30



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