Area X: Perceptions and Responses to Crime and Justice / 63: Media and the Social Construction of Crime

Gregory Christopher Brown, California State University, Fullerton

Caretaker Assaults and Crashes into Buildings: An Analysis of Ageist Stereotypes in Media Reports - Jack Levin, Northeastern University; Gordana Rabrenovic, Northeastern University; Hanna Sattler, Northeastern University

No Sit/No Lie: Media Framing and the Criminalization of Homelessness - Hilary Smith, University of Colorado Colorado Springs; Barbara Blackwell, University of Colorado Colorado Springs; Karen Becknell, University of Colorado Colorado Springs

Criminals not Addicts - Cameron Brown, Eastern Kentucky University; Scott Hunt, Eastern Kentucky University; Jessica VanBuren, Eastern Kentucky University

The Construction of Exoneration: Exploring News Media Coverage of the "Correction" of Wrongful Conviction - Katy Rozad, University of Toronto