Surette (2011) notes that in modern society the mediated crime event displaces the actual event and ______.
a. makes it seem far worse than it does when it is not displaced
b. allows us to frame our fear of crime differently
c. the vicarious pleasure of seeing crime on television is far preferable to being victimized
d. allows police to make an arrest more easily
Ans: C
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