Explain three ways in which the media can impact individuals’ views and attitudes on crime and the criminal justice system.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers may vary but examples from the text include: viewers of reality-based
crime programming have more punitive attitudes on crime, an effect not found for
viewers of fictional-based crime dramas. Viewers of nonfiction television shows are
more fearful of crime.
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