social media- crimes in the media

Question 1

negatives of social media with producing crime?

Answer 1

can be used for hate crime:
- harassment
- racist abuse
. performance crimes:
- gang assaults being staged, recorded and posted online as ;underground fight videos’
. drill rap:
. videos being used to provoke conflict with other gangs

Question 2

promoting crimes on social media?

Answer 2

some criminals have their actions filmed for streaming on social network sites and often behave like actors in a film when committing the crime
perpetrators may also use tweets or other societal media posts to broadcast future crimes

‘Ray Surette, a professor in the department of criminal justice at the University of Central Florida, has called some of these acts “performance crimes,” in which perpetrators essentially commit violent acts as if they were playing to an audience for attention.’

Question 3

examples of criminals uploading their crimes to social media?

Answer 3

Steve Stephens

Question 4

what did Steve Stephens do?

Answer 4

uploaded a video of himself allegedly killing Goodwin. Police launched a nationwide manhunt for Stephens, who ended his life by shooting himself on Tuesday after being pursued by police, The video of Goodwin’s murder was up for about two hours before being taken down by Facebook

Question 5

prevention of crimes using social media positively?

Answer 5

• all major newspapers and TV channels have social media which individuals can follow to inform them of crimes

Question 6

police and using social media?

Answer 6

• police forces have social media to inform them on crime
  . appeal for information
  . post updates of work; eg. involvement in serious/ organised crime
  . raise awareness of crime and advise the public on staying safe
  . search potential suspects phones for evidence of their crime