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6. What is the media definition of crime?

  • Constructed by the public with little direct experience or expert knowledge of crime
  • Reflects the selective attention of the news media to crime
  • Constructed by agencies responsible for crime control e.g police and courts
  • A cat with six legs steals puppy to mother as own!

7. What is the official definition of crime?

  • Constructed by agencies responsible for crime control e.g police and courts
  • Reflects the selective attention of the news media to crime
  • Constructed by the public with little direct experience or expert knowledge of crime
  • A masked man wearing black and white stripes with a suspicious bag of swag running from police!

8. Who argues media coverage of crime reflects public concerns?

  • Lea and Young (Left Realists) - Tabloids often read by working class people in inncer city areas where violent crime is persistant
  • Lea and Young (Left Realists) - Broadsheets often read by Middle class people in suburban areas where boring crime is persistant
  • Lea and Young (Right Realists) - Tabloids often read by working class people in inncer city areas where violent crime is persistant
  • The Media

9. Who says the media coverage of crime tends to reflect the concerns of the powerful?

  • The weak
  • Young
  • Hall et al
  • Chibnall

10. Who says the media focus on dramatic events and not the causes of crime?

  • Criminals
  • Reiner
  • Carrabine
  • Chibnall

11. What is the public definition of crime?

  • Constructed by the public with little direct experience or expert knowledge of crime
  • Your neighbour Totoro winning the best garden contest! :0
  • Constructed by agencies responsible for crime control e.g police and courts
  • Reflects the selective attention of the news media to crime

12. What is the relationship between the three definitions of crime?

  • The public definition is dependant on the other two
  • The media definition is dependant on the other two
  • The official definition is dependant on the other two
  • It's..it's complicated.....*sighs*

13. What informs or creates most peoples perceptions of crime?

  • Grand Theft Auto!!!!!
  • The official agencies responsible for crime control
  • The media
  • Sociologists