Off balance: Youth, race & crime in the news [pdf]
Sunday, April 01, 2001This report assesses findings from content analyses on crime news, investigating whether news coverage reflects actual crime trends; how news coverage depicts minorities and crime; and whether news coverage disproportionately depicts minority youth as perpetrators.
Citation
Dorfman, L and Schiraldi, V. Off Balance: Youth, Race, and Crime in the News. Building Blocks For Youth Initiative: Washington, D.C., 2001, www.buildingblocksforyouth.org.
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