The Importance of Telling a Good Story
An Experiment in Public Criminology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13895757 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martina Feilzer (0000-0003-2107-4992, Bangor University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 472-484 |
| Publication date | 2009-11-09 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0265-5527 • E-ISSN: 1468-2311 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-2311.2009.00589.x |
| OpenAlex | W2003940428 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 22 |
This article explores the potential role for criminologists in contributing to the public debate on crime and criminal justice. Do reasoned academic contributions based on objective evaluation of relevant empirical evidence and ‘facts’ about crime and criminal justice have the potential to influence the public sphere dominated by competing communication strategies, media, and political discourses on crime? The author reflects on findings from research on a subject which can be broadly described as an experiment in public criminology. The author's research found that factual information on crime and criminal justice presented through a mainstream media outlet was largely ignored and did not have the expected and desired effect on members of the public
Criminal justice · Criminology · Cultural Criminology · Economic Justice · Empirical research · Epistemology · Mainstream · Political science · Politics · Public sphere · Sociology · Subject (documents · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Law · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
Policing the Crisis
Policing the Crisis
Changing Attitudes to Punishment
Punishment and Politics
Law-and-Order News
Bridging the Gap
Criminologists making news? Providing factual information on crime and criminal justice through a weekly newspaper column
Beyond populist punitiveness
How Green was Thames Valley
Discourses of criminality in the eighteenth-century press
Newspaper reporting and attitudes to crime and justice in late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century London
From Imitation To Intimidation
Mass Media, Crime, Law, and Justice
Parallel Public Spheres
International Media Research
On the Mediation of Everything
News and Journalism in the UK
Contending Stories
Punishment and Politics
| Citations per year | 0.36 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2022 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |