The book presents essays by scholars in criminology, sociology, criminal justice, women's studies and social history. It is edited within unifying central themes such as situated media, the evolution of policing and social control, and the gendered construction of crime, deviance and control. Within the central themes, the book contains essays on: (1) The Importance of Traditional Stories in Social Control; (2) The Historical Roots of Tabloid TV Crime; (3) Dominant Ideology and Drugs in the Media; (4) The Social Construction of "Stranger Danger"...as a Form of Patriarchal Ideology; (5) Demonizing "Violent" Girls and Women; (6) Freight Train Graffiti; (7) Police Homicide Files as Situated Media Substrates; (8) The Western Media and the Defamation of the Qu'ran; (9) Anti-Abortion Violence as Unconstructed Terrorism; and (10) Concluding Remarks and Future Directions. References, notes, tables, index