Whilst crime is generally newsworthy, it is a range and combination of various 'news values' that help push a potential crime story into an actual crime story (Reiner, 2002). ... However, risk in combination with sex has greater potency. Stories that have a potential or major sex angle to them are 'a good story'. ... Risk in combination with sex ad some types of violent crime is an even more potent mix. ... Thus, for example, crime news stories that combine the key ingredients of risk, sex, violence and children with dramatic visual images can be guaranteed media exposure ...

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"Sexual Violence- While the crimes of "rape- and "incest- have been on the statute books for hundreds of years, it was not until the 1970s that "sexual violence- was more fully explored and developed as a concept. Feminists drew attention to the fact that rape (then conceptualised as sexual intercourse without consent) was a crime committed by men against women, not only in dark back-alleys but in homes, workplaces, and in the context of intimate and family relationships (see Brownmiller 1975). Feminism responsible for debunking some of the myths about rape • women "ask for it...

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"1n news stories, opponents often misrepresent how three-strikes is being enforced and its effect on crime."" ... But, 1995 was the year began a crackdown on sex offenders and made it a felony to fail to notify authorities of a change of address. ... (Lunch 1) There is also the story of Joan Rottenberg, a 38-year old man arrested in MacArthur Park for the possession of less than a gram cocaine. ...

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Kelling called, "How New York Became Safe: The Full Story: A citywide effort, involving many agencies and institutions, helped restore order ", he mentions that "Nathan Glazer first gave it voice in a 1979 Public Interest article, "On Subway Graffiti in New York, " arguing that graffitists, other disorderly persons, and criminals "who rob, rape, assault, and murder passengers . . . are part of one world of uncontrollable predators. " For Glazer, a government's inability to control even a minor crime like graffiti signaled to citizens that it certainly couldn't handle more serious on...

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The United States is known for the safety and security over its people. The government does not take crime lightly, that's why the prison system was introduced. Over the years the crime rate in the Unites States has steadily increased. The issue the government now faces is the overcrowding in all prisons. Right on Crime covers the issues that the prison system is currently faced with. ...

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The term capital punishment is derived from the Latin caput, meaning "head". It originally referred to death by decapitation, but now applies generally to state authorized executions. Crimes occur in every society around the world. Historically, criminals convicted of these crimes were dealt with in different ways, some of which are sentenced to death. Capital punishment has been banned in most western countries, although, countries like the United States, despite earlier attempts to eliminate capital punishment have now had an increased amount of support from several states, in the use...

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The past century has been one of sensational crimes that have amazed many Americans. Form the Lindbergh baby to the exploits of Al Capone, to serial murderers like Ted Bundy. Crime has become a cultural phenomenon that has captured the interests of academics and the causal reader alike. To look back...

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