Newspaper Opinion and Crime in Boston
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14828186 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Logan Wilson (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1938 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 202 |
| Publication date | 1938-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology (1931-1951 (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0885-2731 • E-ISSN: 2160-0015 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1137042 |
| OpenAlex | W119066944 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Among the barometers of public opinion, the press is undoubtedly one of the oldest and most widely used. Though a private enterprise, the newspaper is looked upon as a quasi-public institution and is vested with many of the characteristics of a public utility. It exercises the dual function of mirroring and moulding public opinion. The amount of space given to crime news is indicative of the tremendous popular interest in such accounts. This study does not purpose to go into the relationship between the reporting of crime news and crime itself, but it is interesting to note that there has been within the past few years considerable reaction to the manner in which the press handles crime. Indeed, the role of the press has become so involved in criminal justice that the American Bar Association has seen it as a threat to the
Criminal justice · Criminology · Economic Justice · Institution · Media studies · Mirroring · Newspaper · Political science · Politics · Popular opinion · Public opinion · Sociology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Law
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,01 |
| Citation span | 1940 - 1940 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |