Introduction
I: Overview
1: The Wicked World: The National Police Gazette and Gilded-Age America
2: Cosmology of Fear
3: The Reporter I: Cops, Killers and Crispy Critters
II: Views on Crime and Media
4: The Victim: Twice Wounded
5: The Criminal: Where the Sun Don't Shine
6: The Cop: Waiting for Good Dope
7: The Lawyer: "A Chill Wind Blows"
8: The Judge: Justice in Prime Time
9: The Court Officer: Meet the Press
10: The Reporter II: Better Than Real Life
III: The Culture of Crime
11: Nervous in the Naked City
12: Kids and Crime
13: The Female Fear
14: Firearms Follies: How the News Media Cover Gun Control
15: Desperadoes and Lawmen: The Folk Hero
16: Making a Killing: An Interview with Elmore Leonard
17: You Want Me to Read a What?
18: Raskolnikov's Regret: Covering Crime in Russia
IV: Review Essay
19: Glimpses of Gotham
