Deck 20: Prisons and Imprisonment

Question 1

Keith Hayward has highlighted the need for a media criminology that can grasp what is new about global cultural processes, where the power of images play a key role in shaping the social imaginary.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Is it necessary to explore the media as a criminologist?

Answer 2

No Answer

Question 3

The types of activity that might be regarded as criminal include which of the following?

A)Pornography websites
B)Websites espousing misogynist, homophobic or racist hate
C)Electronic harassment
D)Hacking
E)Cyber-stalking

Answer 3

B, C, D

Question 4

In criminology which three distinctive approaches can be identified in analysing the media´s impact

A)The media ´cause´ criminal conduct
B)How crime drives the media
C)How crime news unjustly stereotypes groups
D)How docudramas and crime impact on policy
E)How crime and punishment have been consumed, imagined and represented

Question 5

At the beginning of the twenty-first century a plethora of new tools provide new ways of representing, and watching, criminals and suspects. Which of these apply?

A)biometrics
B)DNA analysis
C)digital imagery
D)surveillance systems
E)electronic tagging

Question 6

Donald Rumsfeld designated the imprisoned Taliban fighters as what in contrast to ´regular´ prisoners of war?

A)Illegal prisoners
B)Illegal offenders
C)Unlawful combatants
D)Legal criminals
E)Legal combatants

Question 7

One study found that what per cent of adults who had a social network account allowed their profile to be seen by anyone?

A)0.11
B)0.22
C)0.33
D)0.44
E)0.55

Question 8

The transformations in media technology wrought by print, telegraph and wireless communication that gave birth to the electronic age from the mid-twentieth century have led some commentators to describe as a phenomenon of what?

A)Popularization
B)Mediatization
C)Culturalization
D)Differentiation
E)Homogenization

Question 9

There is strong evidence that media representations of violence have damaging effects upon audiences and is one of the most researched issues in the social sciences.

Question 10

Does Cohen´s moral panic theory have any relevance in the twenty-first century?