When providing a theoretical analysis of this crime there are many things to consider: including people involved in the offender's life, the victim, and places. ... According to the ABA journal poll, 80 % of Americans are more likely to think courts treat celebrities or very famous people differently than ordinary citizens (DeBendictis, 1994). ... It also varies between local and national news but depending on whether the crime is considered ordinary. ...

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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. ...

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