Question 1

Media content lends support to preventive or rehabilitative criminal justice policies over punitive policies.

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Question 2

The media has the capacity to influence criminal behavior with a widespread criminalizing effect.

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Question 3

The media works on copycat crime as a trigger more than a rudder.

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Question 4

The most common media portrait of criminality is that of a violent offender who hunts innocent victims.

Accepted Answer

This is the most common media stereotype of criminality portrayed in news and entertainment media. However, in reality, the vast majority of crime is non-violent and often driven by social factors such as poverty, drug addiction, and inequality.

Question 5

The media portrays the most successful crime fighters as armed civilians and elite rogue law enforcement officers.

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The media often portrays armed civilians and elite law enforcement as highly successful crime fighters, such as in action movies and TV shows.

Quiz 11: New Media, Crime, and Justice in the Twenty-First Century

Media content lends support to preventive or rehabilitative criminal justice policies over punitive policies.

The media has the capacity to influence criminal behavior with a widespread criminalizing effect.

The media works on copycat crime as a trigger more than a rudder.

The most common media portrait of criminality is that of a violent offender who hunts innocent victims.

The media portrays the most successful crime fighters as armed civilians and elite rogue law enforcement officers.