The adolescent's ability to meet the ordinary demands of life is significantly impaired, and behavior is grossly disturbed. ... After conducting a statistical analysis of a number of data sets, Hirschi and Hindelang concluded both that IQ tests are a valid predictor of intelligence and that "the weight of evidence is that IQ is more important than race and social class" for predicting delinquent involvement. ...
Stenson and Croall (2001) analysis of the media 's role is that "it can shape and reflect our deepest fears about crime and insecurity." ... Television programmes such as "The Wire" and "CSI" and many more like them which dominate popular television are about criminal behaviour, motivation, the impact of crime on 'ordinary' citizens and on the heroic efforts of the police and criminal justice systems to redress this impact. ...
The purpose of this essay is to look at how the media is a source of 'knowledge' to present crime and victimisation and how the media invokes 'moral panics' about crime and lawless behaviour. There are a number of individuals who think when a person commits a crime they are punished for that crime. However, there is more to crime than just punishment. The media plays an important role in the construction of crime and lawless behaviour. Society's perception of victims, criminals, deviants and punishment is influenced by their portrayal in the mass media. ...
