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Summary WJEC criminology Unit 1 - AC 1.5
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WJEC criminology level 3 applied diploma Unit 1 - AC 1.5
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AC 1.5net widening →expanding out a definition of a crime to catch more offenders
moral entrepreneurs → people who try to enforce new norms & values
over-representation of black people in crime (2017-
2018)
over-represented by - ORB
murder media - 70% NYPD - 54% ORB: 16%
thefts media - 83% NYPD - 55% ORB: 28%
assault media - 72% NYPD - 49% ORB: 23%
problem with over-representation:
allows people’s bigotry to be justified as media portrays minorities and POC as
people to be feared
increases violence within police towards over-represented groups (EG: stop &
frisk)
Moral panic
when the media makes an issue seem worse than it actually is so the public has a
massive overreaction.
main example: mods & rockers - headlines said 97 arrests were made but only 24
were
other examples: Covid, 9/11, Salem witch trials, critical race theory, immigration
propaganda, HIV/AIDS, war on Christmas,
AC 1.5 1
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