media and crime

what can the media be a cause of?

the deviancy amplification spiral

4 ways in which the media can cause crime

• desensitisation

• transmission of criminal knowledge

• stimulating desire for goods

• glamourisng offending

how does media distort the extent of crime? 3

selective reporting of violent and sexual crime, exaggeration of police success, exaggerated risk of victimisation

ways in which the media distorts true extent of crime (3) and SOCIOLOGIST

• law of opposites

• WC crime is underrepresented

• fictional police typically catch criminals

• surette

how does the media distort sex crimes?

represent them as psycotic strangers, when they are typically aquaintances

who talks about selective enforcement?

cohen and young

what do cohen and young say? 5 points

• immediacy

• dramatisation

• personalisation

• higher status

• risk

who states that the media causes feelings of relative deprevation?

lea and young

which sociological group believes the media plays a large role in moral panics?

interpretivists

e.g. of media creating a deviency amplification spiral?

mods and rockers 60s

e.g. of media causing violence?

bobo doll - bandura

e.g. of a media causing panic?

‘war of the worlds’ announcment 1938

who talks about the graduak effects of media on children in contemporary society

newson

e.g. of case where children were influenced by media?

jamie bulger case