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A tale of two Englands
— 'race' and violent crime in the press | | Author(s) | Kjartan Páll Sveinsson |
| Corporate Author | Runnymede Trust |
| Publisher | Runnymede Trust, London, 2008 |
| Pages | 36 pp (Runnymede perspectives) |
| Source | The Runnymede Trust, 7 Plough Yard, London EC2A 3LP. http://www.runnymedetrust.org |
| Keywords | Racism ; Ethnic groups ; Crime ; Newspapers [publications]. |
| Annotation | The aim of the Runnymede Perspectives series is to engage with government and other initiatives through exploring the use and development of concepts in policymaking, and analysing their potential contribution to a successful multi-ethnic Britain. This report explores the reporting - and the semantic meaning transmitted through reporting - of violent crime in relation to the ethnicity of both victim and perpetrator. It is divided into two sections, the first of which deals with the methodology and theoretical perspectives relevant to the data - particularly the concepts of culture, community and ethnic identity. Section II comprises analysis of "race" and violent crime in the media, 1 May - 30 June 2007. It inspects leaders, comments and opinion; examines press coverage of reports from the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee and the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA); explores how notions of "culture" and "community inform violent crime reporting; and narrows the focus to gangs and teenage murders. The influence of the media on the criminal justice system (CJS) as a whole is discussed. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080423001 B |
| Classmark | TMG: TK: TWA: UE:6H |
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