Interest Areas

Crime and the Media
Moral panics
The media and public perceptions of crime.

You could explore the issue of public attitudes to crime, and the possibility of being a victim of crime – do programmes like Crimewatch make us feel more or less secure?

You could explore the notion that the media can provoke criminal behaviour, with specific case studies such as the linking of the killing of Jamie Bulger in 1993 with the film Childsplay 3.