HLTHAGE 3Q03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Victimology, Hippocratic Oath
14 Mar 2018
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Media portrayals of the incarcerated and the impacts on real prisoners" health, well-being and quality of life. Societal appetite for crime: we live in a world that has a strong appetite for crime. Accuracy of reporting: how accurate is media reporting of crime, the crime that does exist is not predominately violent and violent crime is not as common or debilitating as the media would lead us to believe. The way they are spoken about: biases can come into decision making for identifying, arresting, prosecuting (psychological but also social and cultural influences) Influence justice system in who is considered a victim, criminal and the way the justice system plays out: leads to profiling, less empathetic - viewers and society. Showing inaccurate victimization and inaccurate representation (being able to freely move through facility, collaboration between prisoner and guard: affects lived reality of prison compared to what we see in the media such as orange is the new black.
