CRIM 1650 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Columbine High School Massacre, National Rifle Association, Beck

• School: York University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 1650
• Professor: cladiuocalagari

Document Summary

Perspectives on media & crime: a brief overview. Media effect: the concept that exposure to the media has an effect on behaviour. For example, young people exposed to violent media will behave aggressively. Media images of criminal behaviour expose viewers to anti-social behaviors may be copied by youth who are already pre-disposed to violence. Cultural criminology: explores the links between culture, crime, and crime control in contemporary social life. Critical thinking: the process of evaluating information, claims, or arguments through careful questioning and the application of research. The case of the columbine high school shootings. Eric harris and dylan klebold walked into columbine high school and started shooting. They killed 15 people before they committed suicide. Minutes after, the media was outside broadcasting images of the dead bodies and the escaping students. Within days the news shifted from reporting the facts to discussing the roots of the problem. Many documentaries were made about the shooting.