crime

• imitation

  • copy crimes in media 
  • eg jack the ripper
• cathartic

  • media omits enough violence
• freud

  • enough violence to prevent crime
• desensitisation

  • violence is the norm
• arousal

  • frustration/aggression hypothesis
  • frustration causes violence
• knowledge

  • how to commit crimes
• materialism

  • pressure for material goods
  • strain
• exaggerating police success

  • want to look successful
• age fallacy

  • criminals older + mc
• dramatic fallacy

  • overplays major crimes
  • underplays common crimes
• series of events

  • seperate
  • not a problem
• exaggerates victimisation

  • women
  • white
  • high class
• exaggerates violent + sexual crimes

  • eg #metoo
• news values

  • gets public attention
• cohen

  • moral panics
  • mods + rockers
  • deviancy amplification spiral