Lies, distortion and what doesn't work: Monitoring prison stories in the British media

Crime, Media, Culture

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 251-267

  Mason, Paul ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abolition; Criminal justice; Journalism; Media; Prison

Indexed keywords

EID: 61149282448     PISSN: 17416590     EISSN: 17416604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741659006069558     Document Type: Article

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