Applied Science BTEC Nationals/Forensic Media and Crime

Resources Edexcel recommend the following resources. Textbooks Anderson P J and Weymouth A — Insulting the Public?: British Press and the European Union (Longman, 1999) 0582317401 Best J — Damned Lies and Statistics: Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians and Activists (University of California Press, 2001) 0520219783 Chambliss W J — Power, Politic and Crime (Crime and Society Series) (Westview Press Inc. US, 2000) 081333487X Flanagan C and Russell J — Research Methods for Edexcel Psychology (Nelson Thornes Ltd, 2005) 0748794336 Hachen D — Sociology in Action: Cases for Critical and Sociological Thinking (Sage Publications Inc, 2001) 0761986634 Holtzman L — Media Messages: What Film, Television and Popular Music Teach Us About Race, Class, Gender and Social Orientation (M E Sharpe, 2000) 0765603373 Jacobs R N — Race, Media and the Crisis of Civil Society: From Watts to Rodney King (Cambridge University Press, 2000) 0521625785 Reeves B and Nass C — The Media Equation: How People Treat Computing, Television and New Media Like Real People and Places (University of Chicago Press, 1998) 1575860538 Swann P — TV Dot Com: The Future of Interactive Television (TV Books, 2000) 1575001772 Other publications All England Report on Crime — HMSO publication Websites Examines the statistical relationship between ethnicity and the likelihood of committing a crime. The Commission for Racial Equality. The Equal Opportunities Commission. The Home Office ‘British Crime Survey’. Explanation of laws relating to libel and slander. The Department for Constitutional Affairs: justice rights and democracy. The Media-wise Trust: towards better journalism. OFCOM: the official regulator of the media. Press Complaints Commission (PCC). Rethink Organisation. official national statistics. example of crime statistics.