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Multiple studies have shown a disproportionately large percentage in media
Coverage compared to crime statistics in society, researchers has reason to
believe that the general public may have a sustentative fear of crime caused by
the of how news media covers crime. This essay will discuss how media distort our understanding of crime , and how this distorted view causes irrational fear of crime.
According to Dorfman, (2001) , a majority of the population uses
media to collect iformation about crime, creating their own opinion of crime
statistics from what they hear or see in the media. The media
has an important role in the political, social and economic areas of all
society.Through