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Summary Unit 1 Criminology ac 1.4
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AC 1.4 – Describe media representations of crimeType of media Description Example Fictional or factual?
Newspapers Focuses on violent and sexual Newspaper Headlines tend to be Newspapers tend to devote more space
crimes. exaggerated or misleading. for crime stories especially extremely
serious/popular crimes. They are seen
2/3 of crime stories feature The World’s Most as ‘breaking news’.
violence. Even though majority are Evil DAD
minor property related crimes. This is known as infotainment:
We’re on a knife
A cross between factual
Offenders & victims tend to be edge information and fictional
older & sometimes of higher status Crime Stats shock the entertainment. It is where a true story
UK’s Safest UNI is reported for entertainment/interest.
In reality offenders and victims are
Younger & of lower status 11 Londoners It’s based on fact but they add fiction to
Stabbed to death in make people want to read it.
Agrees with official statistics when 16 DAYS! WHY?????
listing offender as ‘typically male’.
Knifings Peak on way
Focusess on the incident rather home from school
than overall cause of crimes. Riots
are reported without explaining the
political background.
Eaggerate the success of the police
and police officers involved in crime
are seen as an individual.
, Type of media Description Example Fictional or factual?
TV TV coverage has a The media creates their own ideal
Strong focus on violent crime
Happy Valley victim and offender.
Portrays offenders and victims as Line of Duty The Ideal Victim tends to be young
older and more middle class. white females. In REALITY the victim
However, Reality shows are an Prison Break could be Male working-class.
exception – they concentrate more
The Fall The Ideal offender/criminal tends to be
on stories about younger suspects.
Criminal Minds Black working-class males. In REALITY
the offender/criminal can be anyone,
25% of TV is crime dramas and they
Killing Eve
any class, any gender any race.
tend to be based around recent or
common types of crime. Documentaries are based on fact but
are fictionalized to attract viewers
Dramas of Violent crime consists of
murder, assault or armed robbery
and is over exaggerated and the
cause is not always clear. Property
crime is portrayed more seriously
than it is.
Offenders CAN often be portrayed
as higher-status, white middle-aged
males. Whilst most recently victims
have become more central.
In these crime shows police tend to
have a high success rate on the
whole but some dramas do expose
corrupt officers and police failings.
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