CRIM 416

Focuses on the relationship between media and the criminal justice system. The “social construction of reality”, role of the media in creating and maintaining ideologies about crime, media distortion and sensationalism, and media as a cause and cure for crime are discussed. -- Prerequisite -- 60 university-level credits including CRIM 100, CRIM 103, and 3 additional credits of 100- or 200-level CRIM. -- Corequisite -- None -- Pre or Corequisite -- None