ceived problems. The media is considered to have significant influence on public perceptions of crime as well as practice and policymaking. Further, the media partly contributes to the construction and transforms different issues into crime problems including dominant myths about crime, criminals, and criminal justice.
Article: Thompson, Carol Y., Robert L. Young, and Ronald Burns (2000), “Representing Gangs in the News: Media Constructions of Criminal Gangs,” Sociological Spectrum, 20: 409-432.
1). Media’s Role and Influence: Finding – Use this to identify, describe, detail, and explain at least one major finding from the article relating to the influence of the media on public perceptions of crime and/or criminal justice (do not list/use the major themes as a finding). Please be concise and direct with your points and provide only relevant details in this section.
2). Media’s Role and Influence: Policy – This section concerns the policy implications of the research study by describing and detailing specific criminal justice policies and programs that are likely to be adopted and result from the dominant media constructions of gang crimes and for the finding identified in section (1).
Be direct and clear about the main point(s) you are making (state them directly) and support them with examples and supporting reasoning. Answer all required items in our own words and use quotes sparingly. Proper citations in the body of the text are needed for quotes and/or major paraphrasing. Minimum of 700 WORDS.
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