Introduction to Criminology and Criminal Justice | Report

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Introduction to Criminology and Criminal Justice
11/26/2019
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“INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINOLOGY AND CRIMINAL
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Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Media and murder news..................................................................................................................2
Police-media relationship................................................................................................................3
Media as an investigative resource..................................................................................................4
The victim and media......................................................................................................................5
The suspect and media.....................................................................................................................6
New information..............................................................................................................................6
Benefits involved.............................................................................................................................7
Risks involved.................................................................................................................................8
Focus of media.................................................................................................................................8
Consequences of media reporting on public...................................................................................9
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................9
References......................................................................................................................................11

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Introduction
A society does suffer from a variety of crimes daily and media reports the same to inform the
administration and public. Around the world, media plays an important role in keeping society
strong. The role of media is not limited to inform people about the happening of crime around
them but in addition to this, it also helps in making a civil society. In many instances, media
reaches the point where police and other crime investigation institutions fail to do so. Several
cases are there which have been solved due to the involvement of media. In other words, this can
also be stated that bringing the incidents of serious crimes such as murder, media contributed to
peacekeeping across the nation. Nevertheless, it does not mean that media involvements in
murder incidents are always likely to bring a positive impact. Many people also think otherwise
where they believe that media involvement and reporting of crimes increase further risk of such
events. In addition to this, media over present some cases that further creates issues for the
suspects and victims of the family.
The report presented hereby is developed on the topic of media involvement in the cases of
murder. To discuss the same, the impact of media on some real cases would also be presented.
The objective of this report is to critically discuss what role media does play in murder and the
consequence of the involvement. The report will be divided into appropriate headings and at last,
a conclusion summarizing key points of the report shall also be presented.
Media and murder news
The audience receives media messages that influence them directly and indirectly. Citizens often
remain interested in reports of a murder investigation and therefore aggressive reporting by
media generates problems when the same influence ongoing murder investigation. The methods

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that media representative uses can be questionable as many of the times they report information
without even considering investigation impact. This is the reason that law enforcement agencies
and their members remain secretive while discussing things with media. The news organization
has a duty to provides public information regarding murder cases but to compete with other news
organizations, they often lack their primary role. However, in between this, there is a middle
ground where the interest of media, as well as investigation agencies, can match.
Here this is important to state that media plays a variety of role at the event of a murder that
includes the assistance of murder as well as portrayal. Media constantly reviews and monitors
the working of the police and other investigatory organizations and in such a situation it is not
incorrect to state that media does not only reflect the social reality of murder but also generates a
"refracted" image of the same. Among the total news presented by media, nearly fifty percent of
news is about crime reporting. Further to state that media often report news about those crimes
which are serious in nature such as murder or are unusual in nature. Similarly, in one of the US
study, one-quarter of total stories presented in the newspaper was about murder.
Media is an industry itself where the organization works to earn profits and to be ahead in
competition therefore while working in cases of murder whether it is related to investigation or
reporting of news, they keep these objectives in their consideration, which influence the working
behavior of them. Nevertheless, it does not mean that media does always focus on their benefits
and many times they generate media coverage to raise public awareness.
Police-media relationship
Before understanding the manner in which media helps in the investigation of murder, first the
basic nature of police and media relationship is necessary to understand. Here to state that media