The Importance of Telling a Good Story: An Experiment in Public Criminology.

摘要: Abstract: This article explores the potential role for criminologists in contributing to public debate on crime and criminal justice. Do reasoned academic contributions based objective evaluation of relevant empirical evidence ‘facts’ about justice have influence sphere dominated by competing communication strategies, media, political discourses crime? The author reflects findings from research a subject which can be broadly described as an experiment criminology. author's found that factual information presented through mainstream media outlet was largely ignored did not expected desired effect members public.