Download or read book The Spectacle of Criminal Justice written by Rosie Smith and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2022-03-29 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delving into how institutions of justice, as well as public expressions of justice, such as rage and grief, are played out in the media, Smith helps us understand how this represents a shift away from historical community displays of punishment towards a media sanitised public engagement with the implementation of control and justice.