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A Study by the Sentencing Project Compared News Reports and Official

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A study by the sentencing project compared news reports and official arrest records. They found that, when compared to the real number of incidents, black males are overrepresented as perpetrators, but underrepresented as victims in television news stories. Which statement describes a likely outcome resulting from the way that black males are represented on the news?


A) This may cause more white men to commit crimes.
B) This can contribute to implicit bias in members of the community, as well as among members of the police force.
C) The way this group is represented might cause news departments to compete with rival stations in covering crimes.
D) This can contribute to the dark figure of crime.

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