The intersection of history, race, crime and the media -- crime, race and the media: an historical overview / by Robert Bing -- Race, rape, and the media / by Frankie Bailey -- Understanding the past, present, and future of racial profiling in the media / by David R. Montague -- the impact of public opinion on the death penalty / by L. Elaine Sutton Mbionwu / Media frames -- The quantification and contextualization of crime -- crime rates and race / by Charles Corley / The media -- Politicization of crime by the media / by Renee Bradshaw and Robert Bing -- the role of race in the media's portrayal of crime? / by Charisse T.M. Coston / Victims-offenders -- Images of African Americans in the media / by Robert Bing and Erica Thomas -- Social construction of crime -- why missing women of color are easy for the media to ignore / by Stephanie A. Jirard / The missing white women syndrome -- the convergence of hip-hop, crime, and the media / by Jason Naumann and Robert Bing / Banned in the USA -- Are media depictions of crimes and criminal offenders related to the differential treatment of cocaine and methamphetamines offenders within America's incarceration binge? / by Robyn Rosenthal -- Crime in prime time / by Nickie D. Phillips and Natasha A. Frost -- The presentation of race in crime stories / by Steven Chermak, Jeffrey Gruenewald and Jesenia Pizarro -- impressions of media newspaper reporting / by Linn Washington Jr.. The media and professional sports: the intersect of race, sports, and media in the Michael Vick dog fighting case / by Rose J. Bigler and Mary P. Brewster / Real crime and news coverage involving race -- Middle East and Islamic news coverage / by Ali Abu-Lughod -- Conclusion -- A look at the literature / by Robert L. Bing III.