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Crime - myths and facts

Title: Crime - myths and facts
Category: /Law & Government
Details: Words: 1644 | Pages: 6 (approximately 235 words/page)
Crime - myths and facts
There are many ways in which the public interprets and reacts to crime. These perceptions are often inaccurate because of the media's unrealistic method in presenting crime. Discussions relating to how the media presents forms of crime, what is true and false about these representations and the effects crime myths have on society will be discussed in detail throughout this assignment. Conclusions will be drawn to sum up the discussion. Firstly, the media portrays some …showed first 75 words of 1644 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1644 total…overall inaccurate understanding and perception of crime. Reference List Burgh, H. (ed), 2002, Investigative journalism: context and practice, London; New York: Routledge. Campbell, J. 2001, Yellow journalism: puncturing the myths, defining the legacies, Westport: Praeger. Kappeler, V., Blumberg, M and Potter, G., 1993, The Mythology and Crime and Criminal Justice, chapter 1, "The Social Construction of Crime Myths", pp. 1-20. Prospect Heights: Waveland Press. Surette, Ray, 1992, Media, crime, and criminal justice: images and realities, California: Brooks/Cole Publishing Company.

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