Media Representations of Crime

What percentage of quality press and radio news in Toronto was about deviance and its control, according to Ericson et al.?

45-71%

What portion of news space do British newspapers devote to crime?

Up to 30%

According to Ditton and Duffy, what percentage of media reports were about violent or sexual crimes?

46%

What percentage of all crimes do violent and sexual crimes account for, as noted by Ditton and Duffy?

3%

Marsh's findings state that news reporting in America showed violent crime how many times more likely than property crime?

36 times more likely

What is the age fallacy as described by Felson regarding criminals and victims?

Criminals and victims are portrayed as older and more middle class.

In terms of police success, what is exaggerated according to the lecture notes?

Violent crime has a higher rate of clear up compared to property crime.

What do the terms 'dramatic fallacy' and 'ingenuity fallacy' refer to in media portrayals of crime?

Extraordinary crimes and clever criminals.

What shift in media focus did Schlesinger and Tumber observe from the 1960s to the 1990s?

Shift from murders and petty crime to drugs, child abuse, terrorism, and mugging.

How did Soothill and Walby describe changes in newspaper reporting of rape cases?

Increased from under a quarter in 1951 to over a third in 1985.

According to Cohen and Young, how is news created?

News is manufactured, not discovered.

What are some of the key news values that make a story newsworthy?

Immediacy, Dramatisation, Personalisation, Higher status, Simplification, Novelty, Risk, and Violence.

What percentage of prime TV and films are crime shows or movies as estimated by Mandel?

25% for TV and 20% for films.

How do fictional representations of crime differ from real-life crimes?

Fiction over-represents violence, drugs, and sex crimes.

What is a notable trend about police portrayals in modern crime shows?

Police are increasingly shown as corrupt and brutal.

What recent trend involves victims in crime storytelling according to the notes?

Victims have become more central with law enforcers portrayed as their avengers.