Media As A Cause Of Crime

Question 1

Relative deprivation

Answer 1

people feeling a sense of envy of those who have more than they do

Question 2

Relative deprivation and media

Answer 2

Media promotes via advertisements that people should have material wealth in their lives in order to be satisfied and growth in social media contributes to this

Question 3

Media+Relative deprivation: drive

Answer 3

This may drive them to innovate, using criminal means in order to achieve the material wealth they feel entitled to

Question 4

Media can teach people criminal skills or drive them to acts of violence

Answer 4

Media can encourage people to develop specialised skills which enable them to commit crime, criminals often replicate things they have seen in media

Question 5

Media:Sense of pleasure

Answer 5

The media can make feel a sense of pleasure when viewing inappropriate content + they may want to experience this

Question 6

Media: over-exposure

Answer 6

Over exposure to illicit content can lead to people becoming desensitised to it, more likely to recreate it as they do not recognise that the behaviour is harmful

Question 7

Negative labelling by the media could bring about deviance amplification

Answer 7

The media can effectively name + shame, they may not be able to reintegrate into society so they may have to develop a deviant career - deviant amplification

The problem of crime gets worse because they cannot reform their behaviour because there crimes are not forgiven or forgotten - continue to commit crime

Question 8

Media promotes and encourages crime

Answer 8

The media unintentionally persuades people to go out and take a chance on crime

Question 9

Media promotes and encourages crime: Growth of social media

Answer 9

Enabled people to express their opinions more about the failures of the CJS - reduces the deterrent effect + may inspire people to take a chance on crime

Question 10

Media promotes and encourages crime: media glamourises crime

Answer 10

Creates an impression to young boys + men that it is a route to respect + success. Black media promotes the idea that crime rewards black males with money, status and sexual status

Question 11

Media promotes and encourages crime: media has been accused of turning crime into a commodity

Answer 11

Ads using images of crime to sell products to audiences - graffiti - cause people to think nothing of it