Media

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Media

• Perceptions of crime

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Portrayal of violence

• TV programming exaggerates the amount of violent
  crime relative to property crime
• Exaggerates frequency of criminal events
• Research study on news programming in Orlando
  Florida
• Majority of news broadcasts began with a crime
  story
• 25 of all stories were crime-related

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Orlando

• Of these crime stories, 2/3 concerned violent
  crime
• Violent crime in Orlando that year was 18 of the
  total reported in the UCR

4
Reality police programs

• 50 of the crimes shown on such programs involve
  a murder
• Murder makes up less than 0.2 of all crimes in
  the United States
• On programs, 60 of crimes are cleared by arrest
• In reality, about 18 of crimes are cleared by
  arrest (depends on the crime)