GOVERNMENT STATISTICS AND MEDIA REPRESENTATIONS OF THE AMOUNT AND DISTRIBUTION OF CRIME IN SOCIETY: AN ASSIGNMENT

Abstract

In this assignment, students explore crime rates in the UCR and NCVS, and the "rates" of criminal activity in the media. They are, then, asked to examine the ways the media representations of crime rates and official crime rates differ, and the implications of those differences.

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Subject Area(s):

Criminology/Delinquency

Resource Type(s):

Assignment

Class Level(s):

College 200