Policing and the Media provides an up-to-date overview of the changing
dynamics and dimensions of the relationships that exist on the British
police-media nexus. Factual, fictional and factional representations of
policing in the media are the major - and for a great many citizens
probably the sole - influence in shaping their perceptions and opinions
about crime, law and order, community safety, police efficiency and
integrity, not to mention the efficacy of criminal justice and penal
policy. This book deals with all three representations, noting the lines
between such clear divisions are increasingly blurred and the concepts
of reality, realism and representation, slippery and complex.