Tip of the Iceberg or Moral Panic

Police Corruption Issues in Contemporary New South Wales

Bibliographic Data

ID3757857
AuthorsRodney Tiffen (The University of Sydney, corresponding author)
Year2004
Volume47
Issue9
Pages1171-1193
Publication date2004-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0002764203262342
OpenAlexW1972440536
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited8

The most contentious issues in news coverage of scandals concern issues of proportion and prevalence. In New South Wales, the issue of police corruption has been on political and media agendas for more than three decades. The media reporting has included some landmark pieces of investigative reporting and dramatic revelations in trials and royal commissions but also sensationalism and rhetorical extravagance. Despite the prolonged attention and prolific coverage, serious questions remain about how well the extent and nature of corruption were reported and whether the media has conveyed the degree of reform in police practices

Criminology · Fake news · Geography · Iceberg · Language change · Media coverage · Media studies · Moral panic · Outrage · Political science · Politics · Rhetorical question · Sensationalism · Sociology · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Law

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