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TOPICAL ISSUES AND COMMENT

The media, criminals and ‘criminal communities’

Ian Marsh and Gaynor Melville consider the criminalisation of communities through negative media reporting

Pages 8-9 | Published online: 10 Mar 2010
 

Abstract

This short article looks at the way that different communities are represented in the media; and in particular the negative representation of certain communities as ‘criminal’. Indeed, before reading on you might consider which cities in the UK have a positive media image and which negative; and what impact crime plays in promoting those images.

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Notes on contributors

Ian Marsh

Ian Marsh is Principal Lecturer in Criminology

Gaynor Melville

Gaynor Melville is Lecturer in Criminology at Liverpool Hope University

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