media and crime

Question 1

what crimes are primarly shown?

Answer 1

sex crimes, app- 1/3 of crime on news is sex crime in 1985, focus on identifying a sex fiend/beast, distorted image of sex crime, media shows attacker as a psychopathic stranger, when they normally know the victim

Question 2

what is the law of opposites

Answer 2

fictional representations of crime, opposite to official stastics
-fictional cops get their criminal
-fictional villains tend to be white middle ages males
-property crime unrepresented more drugs violence

Question 3

impacts of media and crime

Answer 3

desensitisation- bandura
new types of crime- cybercrime, fraud, piracy
encourages crime- normalises it, jeremy kyle show
increased fear- gerber 4+ hours of tv a day caused higher fears for crime

Question 4

moral panic

Answer 4

cause crime through labelling, over exaggeration by society to a percieved problem (hoodies, bluewater shopping centre bans hoodies)