Covering Canadian Crime: What Journalists Should Know and the Public Should Question

INTRODUCTION
Chris Richardson & Romayne Smith Fullerton

PART ONE: THE ROUTINES AND REALITIES OF CANADIAN CRIME REPORTING 

THE TRADITIONAL “PICKUP” OR “DEATH KNOCK” STORY: ITS ROLE, ITS VALUE(S), AND THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA
Romayne Smith Fullerton and Maggie Jones Patterson

IS COVERAGE OF THE MAFIA TUFF ENOUGH? 
Cecil Rosner

THE INHERENT DRAMA OF COURTS: AN INTERVIEW WITH NATIONAL POST COLUMNIST CHRISTIE BLATCHFORD
Chris Richardson and Romayne Smith Fullerton

SOMETIMES THE LAW IS AN ASS: REFLECTIONS ON PUBLISHING THE RECORD OF A JUVENILE
Kirk LaPointe

NOT NAMING NAMES? CRIME COVERAGE RITUALS IN CANADA, SWEDEN AND THE NETHERLANDS
Romayne Smith Fullerton and Maggie Jones Patterson

“I SLEEP REALLY WELL AT NIGHT”: THE GLOBE AND MAIL’S TIMOTHY APPLEBY ON COVERING THIRTY YEARS OF GRIEF
Chris Richardson and Romayne Smith Fullerton

A CASE OF PRAIRIE JUSTICE: THE MURDERER, THE JURY, AND THE SPIRIT OF DURKHEIM
James S. McLean

PART TWO: COURT ACCESS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

COURTHOUSE CULTURE
Linden MacIntyre

THE VIRTUAL COURTROOM: JOURNALISTIC PRACTICE, SOCIAL MEDIA, AND INFORMATION FLOW IN CANADA’S COURTS
Susan Harada and Mary McGuire

“DID SHE CONSENT TO THIS SEX ACT WITH THIS ACCUSED?” THE NEWS MEDIA, SEXUAL ASSAULT MYTHS AND THE COMPLAINANT’S PRIVATE RECORDS IN COURT TESTIMONY
Barbara M. Freeman

FIGHTING ON THE SIDE OF ANGELS: THE TORONTO STAR’S NEWSROOM LAWYER BERT BRUSER ON THE CHANGING CHALLENGES OF THE LAW IN CANADA
Chris Richardson and Romayne Smith Fullerton

THE BANDIDOS MURDER TRIAL: ALL A-TWITTER ABOUT A CANADIAN FIRST
Kate Dubinski

AIDING AND ABETTING: HOW POLICE MEDIA INFORMATION UNITS SHAPE LOCAL NEWS COVERAGE
April Lindgren

“SCOOP WAS KING”: MEDIA COMPETITION, CRIME NEWS AND MASCULINITY
Mary Lynn Young

PART THREE: CONSTRUCTING CRIMINALS AND CRIME NEWS

THE PEOPLE’S SERVANT: VANCOUVER SUN CRIME REPORTER KIM BOLAN’S BREAKTHROUGH BLOGGING
Chris Richardson and Romayne Smith Fullerton

“EVERYONE KEPT GANGING UP ON HARPER”: POLITICAL “GANGS” AND THE LANGUAGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN CANADIAN JOURNALISM
Chris Richardson

GUNS, GANGS AND THE UNDERCLASS REVISITED: AN ANALYSIS OF COURTROOM COVERAGE FROM THE JORDAN MANNERS TRIALS
William O’Grady and Patrick Parnaby (with Sabah Fatima)

TELLING GREAT STORIES: AN INTERVIEW WITH REPORTER-TURNED-THRILLER WRITER RICK MOFINA
Chris Richardson and Romayne Smith Fullerton

COVERING WHITE ‘JUST-US’: WHAT DID JOURNALISTS ‘REALLY’ SAY ABOUT IPPERWASH? 
Romayne Smith Fullerton, Ginny Whitehouse and Maggie Jones Patterson

‘DEBWEWIN’: THE SEARCH FOR THE TRUTH ABOUT IPPERWASH
Peter Edwards

DID NEED FOR SPEED KILL? “STREET RACING” LEGISLATION AND THE MEDIATED REALITY OF CRIME
Stephen L. Muzzatti

REPRESENTING RISK: CRIMINALITY, VIOLENCE, AND MENTAL ILLNESS IN CANADIAN NEWS MEDIA REPORTING
Sarah Berry and Rob Whitley

RE-THINKING YOUNG PEOPLE, CRIME AND THE MEDIA: TURNING TRANSCENDENTAL ILLUSION ON ITS FEET
Hans Skott-Myhre