Media

Question 1

What does Young talk about + explain each one

Answer 1

News Values
• Immediacy - crime that is happening right now
• Dramatisation - action and excitement
• Personalisation - individual stories
• Higher status persons and celebs
• Simplification - ignoring broader societal issues
• Novelty of expectedness - unusual
• Risk - victim-centred stories
• Violence - spectacular and visual

Question 2

Surette (fictional crime)

Answer 2

Law of Opposites
• Few property crimes (more violent and sexual)
• Killing due to greed/calculation, not brawls
• Crimes committed by psychopathic strangers, not acquaintances
• Villains higher status, middle-aged white males
• Police usually get their culprit

Question 3

8 causes of crime: Imitation

Answer 3

By providing deviant role models, there is copycat behavior as people believe it to be acceptable

Question 4

8 causes of crime: Arousal

Answer 4

What people see in movies/media can increase adrenaline and endorphins leading to risky and criminal behavior

Question 5

8 causes of crime: Desensitisation

Answer 5

The more we watch violent or horror films or games, the more it is normalised

Question 6

8 causes of crime: Transmitting

Answer 6

TV programs are a potential source of criminal knowledge for viewers, increasing the ability to evade law enforcement

Question 7

8 causes of crime: Targets

Answer 7

How the media effects targets of crime etc. stealing TVs

Question 8

8 causes of crime: Stimulating

Answer 8

Relative deprivation - viewers stimulate a desire for lifestyle and possessions of individuals in shows like ‘Made in Chelsea’

Question 9

8 causes of crime: Portraying

Answer 9

Media often portrays victims of crime as ethnic minorities. The police are also portrayed as Incompetent.

Question 10

8 causes of crime: Glamourising

Answer 10

Glamorization of criminal activity in programs like ‘White Collar’ depitct highly idealised lifestyles through illegal activities

Question 11

Cohen: Mods & Rockers

Answer 11

Deviancy Amplification & Moral Panic
- spiral of increasing police activity + public concern because of a strong media reaction

Explain Mods & Rockers

Question 12

Hall et al

Answer 12

Policing Crisis
- increase in mugging in black young men was exaggerated to divert from wider economic crisis

Question 13

What are Felson’s 4 Fallacies?

Answer 13

Constabulary Fallacy
- exaggerates role of police and courts in controlling crime and that police are shown to be more efficient than they really are

Ingenuity Fallacy
- media overestimates the skill and planning involved in crimes
- opportunistic crimes account for nearly half of claims during summer months eg. bike theft

Age Fallacy
- criminals are presented as older in the media

Agenda Fallacy
- crime is driven by political agendas and moral failings in the media

Question 14

What says that media ‘injects’ messages into viewers?

Answer 14

The Hypodermic Syringe Model
- suggests media can directly influence individuals to commit crimes and shape their views and actions

Question 15

What are the 4 aspects of Cyber Crime and their examples?

Answer 15

Trespass eg. Hacking

Deception eg. Scams

Pornography eg. Child sexual abuse material

Violence eg. Cyberbullying