Crime Coverage Bibliography

Bureau of Justice Statistics
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/

Courts (Federal Law Materials - Judicial Opinions) (LII)
http://www.law.cornell.edu/federal/opinions.html

Courts (State) (LII)
http://www.law.cornell.edu/opinions.html

Covering Campus Crime (Student Press Law Center, 1996)
http://www.uiowa.edu/~uifu/covering-campus-crime.pdf

BOOKS

Buchanan, Edna. The Corpse Had a Familiar Face:
Covering Miami, America's Hottest Beat.
New York: Random House, 1987.

Chermak, Steven M. Victims in the News:
Crime and the American News Media.
Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1995.

Ericson, Richard, ed. Crime and the Media.
Brookfield, VT: Dartmouth Publishing, 1995.

Ericson, Richard, Patricia Baranek and Janet Chan.
Representing Order:
Crime, Law, and Justice in the News Media.
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1991.

Gelman, Mitch. Crime Scene:
On the Streets with a Rookie Police Reporter.
New York: Times Books, 1992.

Gerald, J. Edward. News of Crime: Courts and Press in Conflict.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1984.

Graber, Doris A. Crime News and the Public.
New York: Praeger, 1980.

Kelly, Patricia A., ed. Police and the Media.
Springfield, IL: Thomas Books, 1987.

Krajicek, David J. Scooped! How the Media Have Missed
the Real Story on Crime Waves, Sleaze, and Celebrities.
New York: Columbia University Press, 1999.

Lipschultz, Jeremy H. and Michael L. Hilt.
Crime and Local Television News.
Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2002.

Lotz, Edward, Roy. Crime and the American Press.
New York: Praeger, 1991.

Potter, Gary W. and Victor E. Kappeler. Constructing Crime:
Perspectives on Making News and Social Problems.
Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press, 1998.

Silver, Kurt. Understanding Crime Statistics: A Reporter's Guide.
Columbia, MO: IRE, 2001.

Society of Professional Journalists. Covering Campus Crime.
Arlington, VA: Student Press Law Center, 1996.

Surette, Ray, ed. Justice and the Media.
Springfield, IL: Thomas Books, 1984.

----. Media, Crime, and Criminal Justice.
Belmont, CA, 1992.

Wingate, Anne. Scene of the Crime:
A Writer's Guide to Crime-Scene Investigations.
Cincinnati, OH: Writer's Digest Books, 1992.

Wykes, Maggie. News, Crime and Culture.
Sterling, VA: Pluto Press, 2001.