Topic 7: Crime And The Media Flashcards
(16 cards)
What are 3 ways the media represents crime
Majority of crimes are violent and sex crimes
Police are successful in solving crimes
Women, white and M/C are more likely to be victims of crime
Which sociologists talk about news values
Cohen and Young
What are the 3 ways crime is in reality
Sex and violent crimes only make up 3% of crimes recorded by the police
Some crimes go unsolved by the police
Ethnic minorities are more likely to be victims of crime
Define news values
Criteria which decide whether a story is newsworthy enough to
Give 3 examples of news values
Violence
Sex
Children
Which sociologist talks about the “law of opposites”
Surette
Define The Law of Opposites
Fictional representations of crime criminals and victims which are the opposite of the official statistics
Name 3 ways in which the media may cause crime
Imitation
Glamourising offending
Transmitting knowledge of criminal techniques
Which left realist explanation of crime shows how the media can cause crime
Relative deprivation
Which Left realists talk about relative deprivation as an explanation for the media causing crime
Lea and Young
How can the media cause crime according to Cohen
Through causing a moral panic
What real life example can support the media acting as a cause of crime according to Cohen
1960s Mods and Rockers
Which sociologists criticise Cohen’s view that the media causes moral panics
McRobbie and Thornton
What does McRobbie and Thornton state that critic Cohen’s moral panics
Moral panics have less impact now because of changes in attitudes
Which sociologist distinguishes between the 4 different types of cyber crime
Wall
What are the 4 different types of cyber crime according to Wall
Cyber Trespass
Cyber deception and theft
Cyber pornography
Cyber violence
