'Cop[ying] it sweet': Police media units and the making of news

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 444-464

  McGovern, Alyce ^a   Lee, Murray ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crime reporting; Culture of control; Law and order; News values; NSW Police Media Unit; Police media relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957865949     PISSN: 00048658     EISSN: 18379273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/acri.43.3.444     Document Type: Article

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