This paper re-examines certain previous conclusions from the classic literature on police/media relations in the United Kingdom in the wake of the Filkin and Leveson Reports. The paper draws on interviews with senior Metropolitan Police officers, press officers and national crime journalists and argues that previous conclusions about asymmetrical relations favouring the police are partially problematic, with the media being in possession of key resources that often give them the upper hand. The paper also explores the role of new media in crime reporting and exposing police misconduct and suggests a new transfiguration may be emerging in police/media relations, allowing the media partially to bypass police sources.

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Leveson 五年后：Leveson 和 Filkin 报告对大都会警察与国家新闻媒体之间关系的影响

本文重新审视了在 Filkin 和 Leveson 报告之后英国警察/媒体关系的经典文献中的某些先前结论。该论文借鉴了对大都会警察高级官员、新闻官员和国家犯罪记者的采访，并认为之前关于有利于警察的不对称关系的结论存在部分问题，媒体拥有的关键资源往往使他们占上风。该论文还探讨了新媒体在犯罪报道和揭露警察不当行为方面的作用，并表明警察/媒体关系可能正在出现新的变化，允许媒体部分绕过警方消息来源。