The book contains three articles that discuss Issues of Gender and Crime, including the idea that the media are male-centered and issues that affect women are not presented from a woman's point of view; the narrow media stereotyping as hookers of women who work as prostitutes, and the lack of attention to their poverty and abuse; and violence against women in relationships. A section on Distortion in the Media presents three articles dealing with specific ways crime is misrepresented in the news; ethnocentrism and how ethnic bias is reinforced; and how the interpretation of crime in the news comes to stand in for direct experience. Four articles in a section on The Law and the Media look at the relationship between the news media and the criminal justice system; sensationalism in the news; and news reporting that caters to a sense of personal tragedy instead of illuminating causes underlying events. Each chapter includes copies of the news articles discussed. Notes, figures, tables, bibliography