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... How important is the media presentation of crime? The public's fascination with crime lies at the heart of popular culture and crime occupies a large proportion of space in the public's discussion and imagination. Crime reports form an integral part of the daily media consumption. Some see the media as a cause of crime, others see it not as a cause but as "an exaggerated public alarm" (Maguire et al 1997.) There are various genres of media that discuss crime. The most obvious are tabloid newspapers and broadsheets, news reports on the television. However crime can also be discussed in academic journals, true crime magazines and books, crime fiction, television, films and music. Tabloids, broadsheets and television news are the most widely available accounts of crime to the general public. One only has to pick up a newspaper of switch on the television to see the state of crime in
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