Lectures 10-11

Question 1

How can the sate be seen as victimising

Answer 1

“monopoly of legitimate use of physical force within their own territory” weber (1968)
State power generally as well as individual acts of aggression
CJS - torture, capital punishment, genocide
Miscarriage of justice (Naughton, 2007) - Sally Clark SIDS
Victims of police - george floyd

Question 2

Prominence of Crime in Media overtime (Greer and Reiner, 2015)

Answer 2

Crime % of news stories:
10% in 1940s
20% in 1990s
37% in 2000s
Crime stories tend to disproportionately report violent and sexual offenses
News reporting selectively selective and unrepresentative

Question 3

Surette (1994)

Answer 3

Focus of media on crime lead to ‘predator icons’

Question 4

Greer and McLaughlin (2011)

Answer 4

Tom ap Rhys Pryce and Balbir Matharu both killed by theives 12th january 2006
Only ap Rhys Pryce recieved extensive media attention
“within news media there is a clear hierarchy of victims”

Question 5

How are women portrayed by crime media

Answer 5

Cavender et al., (1999) - emphasised feminine vulnerability and masculine technical expertise as protection
Benedict (1992) - characterisation of either virgins or whores depending on stereotypes
Anastasio and Costa, 2004: - less personalised female victims = less empathy
Gekoski et al. (2012) - murdered woman more news worthy if young and white and middle class

Question 6

Who is under-represented by crime media

Answer 6

Young people (too common)
Poverty
Minorities
Corporate Criminals
Non - ideal victims

Question 7

Consequences of crime media reporting?

Answer 7

Drives fear of crime amongst least at risk groups
drives conservative CJ policy responses
News reporting is selective and unrepresentative