First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Part I: Introduction Chapter 1: Media, Society, and Criminology Part II: Constructing Crime News Chapter 2. Crime News in the Old West Chapter 3. Communal Violence and the Media: Lynchings and Their News Coverage by The New York Times between 1882 and 1930 Chapter 4. Crime in the News Media: A Refined Understanding of How Crimes Become News Chapter 5. Predator Criminals as Media Icons Chapter 6. University Professor or Sadistic Killer? A Content Analysis of the Newspaper Coverage of a Murder Case Chapter 7. Murder and Mayhem in USA Today: A Quantitative Analysis of the National Reporting of States' News Chapter 8. Patrolling the Facts: Media, Cops, and Crime Chapter 9. Newsmaking Criminology: Reflections on the Media, Intellectuals, and Crime Chapter 10. Becoming a Media Criminologist: Is Newsmaking Criminology Possible? Chapter 11. Newsmaking Criminology as Replacement Discourse