CRJ 225 - Crime and the Media

Institution:

Wheeling Jesuit University

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Description:

This course will analyze images of crime and criminal justice as portrayed and presented by the mass media.The focus will primarily be on crime in movies, television and news/newspaper coverage; more specifically, how the media portrays society's struggle with the crime problem.A major theme of the course is whether media interpretations of crime, which are acknowledged by the public to be accurate, make it more complicated for a true explanation of crime to be understood. Prerequisite: CRJ 111, 112.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wju.edu

Phone Number:

(304) 243-2000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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