The Influence of Media on Crime Prevention

Igrački, Jasmina and Stepanović, Ivana (2017) The Influence of Media on Crime Prevention. In: Međunarodni naučni tematski skup "Pravosuđe i mediji", Palić, 8-9. jun 2017. Institut za kriminološka i sociološka istraživanja, Beograd, pp. 257-264. ISBN 978-86-83287-97-0

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Abstract

This paper aims to show the influence of the mass media on adoption of the messages about crime which media send to consumers. It has been established that the media have an important role in the process of the development of personality and it can either be positive or negative. The positive influence of media is undeniable in all societies. The contemporary society has a wide spectrum of types of communication to which consumers react. Multiple researches show that the influence of reporting on violence, crime and other social deviations is twofold: they can be a warning or prevention, but can stimulate adoption of the negative types of behaviour. While running after profit, the media often use sensationalism and present biased impressions of events such as hard crimes and therefore create an impression of the acute danger and insecurity in the society. The prevalent emphasising of hard crimes with detailed descriptions of events and images tends to stimulate imagination and phantasies of a number of consumers. Reporting on crimes can in the long run lead to acceptance of violence and aggression in real life.

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