Crime Statistics in the News Journalism, Numbers and Social Deviatio
This book offers a comparative exploration of how journalists across different newsrooms around the world access and interpret statistics when producing stories related to crime. Looking at the nature of news sources regularly used by journalists, Lugo-Oc
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JAIRO LUGO-OCANDO
Crime Statistics in the News
Jairo Lugo-Ocando
Crime Statistics in the News Journalism, Numbers and Social Deviation
Jairo Lugo-Ocando School of Media and Communications University of Leeds Leeds, United Kingdom
ISBN 978-1-137-39840-6 ISBN 978-1-137-39841-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-39841-3 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017954749 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 The author(s) has/have asserted their right(s) to be identified as the author(s) of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: Getty Images/Jason Stang Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Macmillan Publishers Ltd. The registered company address is: The Campus, 4 Crinan Street, London, N1 9XW, United Kingdom
In memory of my uncles Lidice Ocando and Aquiles Materan, an extraordinary couple who set me in the intellectual pathway to journalism
Contents
1 Introduction 1 2 Crime in the News 17 3 How Crime Statistics Became News 49 4 Media Representations of Crime Statistics 65 5 Stabbing News: What Knife Crime Tells Us About Crime Statistics in the News Room 79 6 News, Public Policy and Crime Statistics103 7 Spinning Crime Statistics119 8 Visualising Crime Statistics135
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9 Crime Statistics and the Public151 10 Conclusion167 References181 Index211
List of Figures
Fig. 8.1 A histogram in the news media. Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation140 Fig. 8.2 FBI pie chart. Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation 142
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List of Tables
Table 5.1 Who presented the statistics? Table 5.2 Number of primary sources quoted Table 5.3 Time scale of the statistics used
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