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Question 1

What did Stan cohen do?

Answer 1

Researched the mods and rockers in 1964.

Took on three roles, a youth, a magistrate, the media

Question 2

What did cohens research lead him to discover?

Answer 2

That the press exaggerated the scale of the damage and violence, which amplified the panic

Question 3

What was Leslie Wilkins’ theory?

Answer 3

Deviancy amplification

Question 4

What is deviancy amplification?

Answer 4

The media can play a role in determining how the public perceive crime as the majority of people believe what the media says

Question 5

What is an example of deviancy amplification?

Answer 5

Knife crime

If the media were to say that knife crime rates were very high, many people in the public would become worried which could lead to a moral panic. This could cause more people to carry knives for safety, which will likely increase the amount of knife crime

Question 6

Impacts of media representations on the public perception of crime

Answer 6

Change in people’s attitudes and public
concerns

Stereotyping criminals

Moral panics

Emphasis on certain crimes

Change in the levels of response to crimes and the type of punishment

Change in police’s priorities and emphasis

Change in the publics perceptions of crime