Prime-time crime: Presentations of crime and its participants on popular television justice programs

Journal of Crime and Justice

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 47-75

  Soulliere, Danielle M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

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EID: 36048958348     PISSN: 0735648X     EISSN: 21589119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0735648X.2003.9721182     Document Type: Article

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