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- Affiliation: St. Thomas University
Chris McCormick teaches criminology at St. Thomas University in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Books by Christopher McCormick
The Westray Chronicles
A Case Study in Corporate Crime
Edited by Christopher McCormick
In this book authors from backgrounds as diverse as engineering to public relations are brought together to create a holistic picture of what happened at Westray. From an analysis of the geology of the underlying coal seam to an assessment of the difficulties of pinning legal responsibility on the company, the government or any of the managers, this book constitutes one of the few case studies of corporate crime in Canada. The contributors offer the reader challenging new ways to think about workplace… (more information)
Constructing Danger
The Mis/Representation of Crime in the News
Christopher McCormick
This book examines different criminal topics through looking at actual news articles and analyzing how subtle distortions creep into crime coverage. The underlying perspective is that the news not only reports crime but socially constructs it, reproducing crime myths in the process. This book is sure to change the way you think about crime in the news. (more information)
Constructing Danger
Emotions and Mis/Representation of Crime in the News (Second Edition)
Christopher McCormick
Crime reporting is often thought to be simply an objective and factual description of an event. In Constructing Danger Chris McCormick argues that crime is more than simply reported: it is constructed. And sometimes it is distorted, exaggerated and manipulated in order to create certain impressions of and opinions about the world. Examining issues such as how misrepresentations of AIDS perpetuates harmful stereotypes, the underrepresentation of women in the news, the trivialization of sexual… (more information)