Media And Crime In Australia

Running Head : Media and crime in Australia
MEDIA AND CRIME IN AUSTRALIA
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The interaction of criminal judicial structure in Australia with the media has significant
consequences on the perception of the community of the perpetuation and effectiveness of
criminal justice( Roberts 2018). The coverage of agenda-setting, criminal trial process along with
that framing of information are the strategies that facilitate the notable entertainment role of
media. The public reliance on media for entertainment as well as media poses severe
discrimination in between objectives gained and objectives pursued (Weatherred 2015).
Nevertheless, there is continuing reliance on public on media to ascertain and understand the
process of criminal justice structure. It is evident from the prior research that the crime which is
presented by media in comparison to the account of full proceedings the contributors are
dissatisfied with the justice done to them (MacDonald 2017). Thus taking into regard the area of
criminal justice the decrease of trust among the community is recent and pave the way to the
reduction of unity in the community, the upsurge of vigilant actions and the decrease of crime
reporting.
The concern of the public about the victimization in the criminal justice structure is a
series of factors that are considered by the policymakers in establishing novel offences of crime,
allocating resources and setting punishments for prosecution and police. The level of concern
among the community about the growth of the rate of crime can contribute to determining the
limit to which the individuals are involved in the particular activities which sometimes restrain
the conduct unnecessarily. Nevertheless, there can exist disconnection in between the actual

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margin of victimization and the peril of victimization in criminal justice that happens in society
(McGregor 2017). For instance, in the contemporary period concern with some categories of
crime has enhanced notwithstanding the actual decline in the rate of crime for the crimes which
are in question. The study strengthens prior research in crime perception and the considerable
misperception offences among the public both in the aspect of the perception of crime trends and
the number of criminal incidents. The Australian Survey of Social Attitudes in 2007 investigates
the relationship between age, gender, information sources, education of the criminal justice
system in the context of Australia. The criminal justice and perception of the public in crime
have a significant influence on the decisions of policymakers in connection to the operational
activities of law enforcement and sentencing in the judicial system. As per the report of
Australian Bureau of Statistics in the year 2008, the quantum of crimes which is reported to the
police authority was less in the year 2007 in comparison to 1998 in the types of related offences,
theft of the motor vehicle, unlawful entry with criminal intent, theft in general and
homicide( Brookman and Wiener 2017). Crime rates that are complained to the police for
abduction or kidnapping enhanced marginally between 2007 and 1998. Furthermore, there is a
decline in the aggregate rate of crimes. Nevertheless, despite having declined, it is noticeable that
the perception of the public on the rate of crimes and trends of crimes frequently mismatches
with the statistical criminal record maintained by enforcement authority on the rate of
victimization. It is evident from the research and studies that older individuals, women and
poorly educated individuals hold the perception of the rate of actual crimes which is less accurate
rather than those comprised of younger, male and higher educated individuals. The theories to
explain the procedure by which the criminal perception among public and process of sentencing
that is experience and expressive theory. It is suggested by the experience theory that anxiety of