Homicide and bargained justice: the agenda-setting effect of crime news on prosecutors

Citation

Pritchard, D. (1986). Homicide and bargained justice: The agenda-setting effect of crime news on prosecutors. Public opinion quarterly, 50(2), 143-159.

This study finds that the amount of space newspapers devote to a criminal case helps set the agenda of at least one class of public officials—prosecutors who must decide which criminal cases to plea-bargain, and which to take to trial.