Dual realities? Criminality, victimization, and the presentation of race on local television news

Journal of Crime and Justice

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 79-99

  Dowler, Kenneth ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 33845330404     PISSN: 0735648X     EISSN: 21589119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0735648X.2004.9721196     Document Type: Article

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