Year: 2009
Type: article
Abstract: : 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.
Author: MARTINA FEILZER
Institution: Bangor University
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2003940428