Crime & Media

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From NEW! The Fire This Time From: Vancouver Vice View Arsenal Pulp Press	This chapter focuses on the activities of "hustlers," the often-underage male sex workers in the West End.	Aaron Chapman	14	2021	$1.40 Add
From NEW! The Fix From: Vancouver Vice View Arsenal Pulp Press	In this chapter, Chapman explores an apparent suicide that may have been linked to Wayne Harris.	Aaron Chapman	12	2021	$1.20 Add
NEW! The Great Canadian Art Fraud Case The Group of Seven & Tom Thomson Forgeries	In May 2016, Jon S. Dellandrea came into possession of a box of the last effects of an obscure artist, William Firth MacGregor. The contents of the box chronicled a major, and long forgotten, …		192		View
From NEW! The Grudge From: Inside the Montreal Mafia View ECW Press	This chapter talks about Rénald Joseph Ernest Serge Desjardins and Scoppa’s accounts of him.	Eric Thibault; Félix Séguin	18	2022	$1.80 Add
From The Halifax Race Riot Extralocality and Racism in the News From: Constructing Danger View Fernwood Publishing		Chris McCormick	21	2010	$3.15 Add
From NEW! The Interrogation From: Inside the Montreal Mafia View ECW Press	This chapter recounts the leadup to and aftermath of Scoppa’s arrest.	Eric Thibault; Félix Séguin	14	2022	$1.40 Add
From NEW! The Justice System and the Media From: Fundamental Law for Journalists View Irwin Law Inc.	Chapter Seven examines the Justice System and the Media. Topics discussed include breaches of Injunction and contempt, publication bans and other restrictions, what to do if you are arrested, the …	Mark Bourrie	18	2023	$1.80 Add
From The Mount Cashel Orphanage Inquiry The Inscription of Child Abuse From: Constructing Danger View Fernwood Publishing		Chris McCormick	22	2010	$3.30 Add
From NEW! The Scoop on Sensational Stories From: The Trauma Beat View ECW Press	In this chapter, Cherry discusses the sensationalizing of "uncommon stories", how the boundary-less reporting of these a-typical events traumatically impacts the surviving family …	Tamara Cherry	12	2023	$1.20 Add
From NEW! The Secret From: Inside the Montreal Mafia View ECW Press	This chapter explores the initiation rite and history of the relationship between the Italian mafia and the Hell’s Angels in Montreal.	Eric Thibault; Félix Séguin	15	2022	$1.50 Add
From NEW! The Source From: Inside the Montreal Mafia View ECW Press	This chapter explores Scoppa’s relationship with the police in Montreal and his dirty tactics.	Eric Thibault; Félix Séguin	8	2022	$0.80 Add
From NEW! The Tour des Canadiens From: Inside the Montreal Mafia View ECW Press	This chapter recounts Scoppa’s arrest and the circumstances surrounding it.	Eric Thibault; Félix Séguin	7	2022	$0.70 Add
NEW! The Trauma Beat A Case for Re-Thinking the Business of Bad News ECW Press	A groundbreaking and thorough examination of the trauma caused by the media covering crimes, both to victims and journalists, from a respected journalist and victim advocate In The Trauma Beat, …	Tamara Cherry	332	2023	View
From The Westray Mine Explosion Covering a Disaster and a Failed Inquiry From: Constructing Danger View Fernwood Publishing		Chris McCormick	21	2010	$3.15 Add
NEW! Vancouver Vice Crime and Spectacle in the City's West End Arsenal Pulp Press	The late 1970s and early 1980s were a volatile period in the history of Vancouver, where broad social and cultural changes were afoot. This was perhaps most clearly evident in the West End, the …	Aaron Chapman	256	2021	View
From NEW! Vice and the Tumbling Dice From: Vancouver Vice View Arsenal Pulp Press	In this chapter, the author details the history of the policing of vice in Vancouver, and the corruption that often accompanied these efforts.	Aaron Chapman	7	2021	$0.70 Add