Chibnall revisited: Crime reporters, the police and law-and-order news

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1060-1076

  Mawby, Rob C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

crime reporting; law and order news; police and media; police corporate communications; police media relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958557474     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: 14643529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azq037     Document Type: Article

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