Critical Evaluation of Media Portrayals of Youth Crime in New Zealand

This report critically analyzes articles from the New Zealand Herald, focusing on the portrayal of youth crime in public spaces. The report examines the selection strategy used to find the articles, which included searching for terms such as "youth", "public", and "street crime". The analysis delves into the themes emerging from the articles, particularly the interpretations of the causes of youth crime, which range from alcohol and lack of parental care to property damage and other offenses. The report highlights the media's presentation of youth offenders and the tensions between youth and police, providing insights into the police's perspectives and approaches to handling youth crime. The aim is to assess whether the media portrayals are accurate or biased, and to understand the factors influencing youth delinquency in New Zealand. The report also touches upon the experts' opinions on the reasons behind such behaviors, with a focus on the lack of parental care as a contributing factor.

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The articles which have been provided by the author tells the readers about the
various types of the youth crimes which are prevalent in the country of New Zealand. The
author of these articles has provided relevant information from the various media platforms
which are available to the country to present the cases of the committed by the youth in the
country itself. Therefore, this essay will focus on the subject matter of the analysis of the
articles which have been provided by the author in the article itself.
The purpose of this essay is to make a critical analysis of the articles on youth
crimes in the country of New Zealand
In beginning of the analysis of the article itself, the readers come to know about the
serious cases of various youth crimes which have been taking place in the country of New
Zealand. These crimes committed by the youth in the country of New Zealand has been
presented by the author of the articles. One of the most common factor which comes to the
notice of the readers from these articles is the causes of the youth crimes in the country.
These causes range from alcohol and drink. The types of the crimes which have been
committed by these youngsters in the country itself includes underage drinking by the kids to
the damaging of the property in the towns and the cuties itself.
In addition to this, the other cause of the crimes which have been caused by the
individuals in the country includes that of the house beings set on fire, causing death to an
individual by car accident and various other examples of such crimes themselves. There have
been various reason provided by the experts for the reasoning of such behaviours by the
youths in the country itself. One of such reasoning is the lack of care given by the parents at
their homes. In this case, it can be said the parents being busy with their lives and does not
get time to look after their children. This gives the children and the youth to indulge in such
activities themselves, which ultimately becomes the reason for them to get more involved in

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such kinds of activities themselves. This turns the youth of the country into youth criminals
themselves, and they keep on continuing such criminal activities unless they become real
criminals themselves.
Thus, from the above statement, it can be said that the articles indeed inform the
readers about the nature of the youth crimes of the country itself. It is from the article itself,
that the readers get to know about the subject matter of the youth crimes in the country itself.
Thus, it can be said that the author of the article has well researched on the various instances
of the youth crimes which have been occurring in the country of New Zealand itself. Thus, it
can be said that the youth crimes is seriously a big issue in the country of New Zealand itself.