ADJUS-120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Selection Bias, Critical Thinking

• School: Diablo Valley College
• Department: Administration Of Justice
• Course: ADJUS-120
• Professor: sinsel

Document Summary

White collar and corporate and on-line crime. The media is the primary source of indirect knowledge of the crime problem. Direct knowledge may come from personal experience and/or the experiences of those people known to us. Less crime news when crime is narrowly defined as violation of criminal laws. More crime news when crime is broadly defined as all forms of social deviance. The way that crime is reported in the media can influence the way we think about crime. The types of crimes and criminals reported in the media are those deemed newsworthy . When watching the media, critical thinking is required as not the correct facts and statistics are provided. The media present a version of crime and criminality because: Rather they rely on statistical data or academic research for information about crime, the media tend to focus on specific types of crime (usually violent) and portray as more typical and a greater threat to the community.