Originally prompted by the media coverage of the murder case of JonBenet Ramsey and the trial of OJ Simpson, Fox (political science, Loyola Marymount U.), Van Sickel (political science, Indiana State U.), and Steiger (sociology, Indiana State U.) set out to investigate media coverage of high profile cases and the social effects of such coverage on public attitudes towards the justice system. In this updated version of their work, they find that we are still in an era of "tabloid justice," although they note important differences that have followed in the wake of the September 11th attacks. While noting these differences, they maintain their basic argument that the media's coverage of high-profile legal cases has had a negative impact on public confidence toward the everyday working of the justice system and has engendered a perception that the highly anomalous cases granted extensive media coverage have come to be perceived as examples of the typical functioning of the system. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Read Less