...Journalistic Public Opinion Jessica Lal Murder Case – Sue-Ellen Fernandes St. Andrews College TY BMM. 4259 Introduction Media is regarded as one of the pillars of democracy. Media has wide ranging roles in the society. Media plays a vital role in molding the opinion of the society and it is capable of changing the whole viewpoint through which people perceive various events. The media can be commended for starting a trend where the media plays an active role in bringing the accused to hook. There are different reasons why the media attention is particularly intense surrounding a legal case: the first is that the crime itself is in some way sensational, by being horrific the second is that it involves a celebrity either as victim or accused. The concept of trial by media is not a new concept. There have been many occurrences in the past where the media has been accused of conducting a trial on its own and passing a verdict even before the court does. There is a conception that the Jessica Lal murder case is was also a media trial. Case Study On 29 April 1999, Manu Sharma had shot Jessica Lal in front of 200 witnesses at a Delhi restaurant, Tamarind Court, where she was a barmaid...
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...citizens. Death rates involving guns are a real threat to the general public and need to be improved. The death tolls from mass shootings would decrease if assault rifles and handguns with high capacity magazines were banned or more severely restricted. Finally, while it is a common view that guns are a needed for self defense, in many cases it puts a person in more danger, or it is ineffective. The mortality rate from guns is very high in the...
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...ch y Psychology can assist law enforcement by profiling criminal suspects assessing in truthfulness of suspects and evaluating the validity of their confessions. Psychological theory and techniques can be used to improve police officers evaluations of criminal suspects. * Profiling is usually performed at the beginning of criminal investigation when the police need help focusing on certain types of people who might be the suspect * Once a suspect has been identified law enforcement officials use other procedures to determine whether any of them should be charged. * Police look for visual and verbal cues to determine whether they are giving truthful responses Suspects are sometimes given a lie detector test to encourage them to confess. * The tests provide more information about their guilt or innocence. * They conflict with some psychological findings about their accuracy. * Sometimes they are submitted into evidence. * Many psychologists question the validity of the test. The police interrogate suspects and encourage them to confess because the confessions make it more likely that suspects will successfully prosecute and eventually convicted the suspects. Psychological finding often conflict with the courts evaluations of a voluntary confession. There is some evidence psychological characteristics are linked to behavioral patterns and they can be detected by a psychological analysis of crime scenes. * Criminal profiling is used to...
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...Amendment to the United States Constitution, part of the Bill Of Rights, offers each American citizen the right to keep and bear arms. Recent studies show that around 40 to 45% of American citizens own a firearm of some sort, which leads to a heavy debate over whether new laws should be put into place to control firearms in attempt to lower the gun related crime rates. In theory, this sounds like a flawless plan, remove the gun then the problem is solved. However this is not the case, each year up to 22,000 metric tons of Marijuana is smuggled across the U.S. borders because in the United States recreational Marijuana is illegal, who is to say that guns would not be next? Many families own firearms that are aimed to defend themselves, while it is true that a handgun can get the job done, it has its limits. A handgun can only fire one round at a time while having 6 to 15 bullets per standard clip. In a situation of robbery or attempted murder, you will not necessarily think as clear as normal, your aim may diminish, and you’ll probably miss your target. Think about it, would you want a robber or serial killer in your home, firing at the same rate as you or would you want to have the advantage on them? Gang related crimes are usually concentrated in urban cities, in these neighborhoods, firearms are a necessity to safety. In some cases, gang members attack in groups. While they are doing so, firearms with multiple round shots and a faster rate of fire might be needed to protect...
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...Name Instructor Course Date My Lobotomy By Dully Howard My Lobotomy is a memoir written by Howard Dully who is among the youngest people who underwent trans-orbital lobotomy. This procedure was performed on him while at the age of 12 and it was initiated by his step mother who disliked his behaviors. He explains how he was diagnosed by schizophrenia, the procedure and how it affected his life and how he learnt that it was not right for the procedure to be performed on him. Dully’s mother died of cancer and left him under his step mother’s care. Dully grew up in an environment of emotional abuse and rejection. He was severely beaten up and forced to do things by the step mother and due to this emotional strain, he developed deviant behaviors (Dully and Fleming 46). Dully used to fight with his three brothers all the time because, he felt rejected and alienated from the family. He became disobedient to his parents and never took instructions from them. 'If it's a banana, he throws the peel at the window; if it's a candy bar, he leaves the wrapper around some place... he does a good deal of daydreaming and when asked about it he says, "I don't know." He is defiant at times - "You tell me to do this and I'll do that"(Dully 125) Dully’s deviant behaviors like stealing, fighting his brothers and even disobeying his parents made it possible, justified, and even necessary to lobotomize Howard Dully at the age of 12. Dully records in his memoir that he could steal sweets and leave...
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...Some people say its not the persons fault, it's the guns. The school shootings and mass shootings that have been happening, people are not blaming the person but the gun or the mental issues the people have, that have been showing up in most of the recent mass shootings. Although people say guns should be banned completely to prevent the mass shootings, we shouldn't have to ban them we should just put more restrictions and laws that make it harder to get guns, that would prevent small crimes and mass murders and shootings while people can still self defend and hunt for game in america. Background and mental health checks in the gun buying process would help prevent small crimes with robberies because if the buyer has previous crimes on...
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...and accurate crime statistics. As previous Australian and international research has indicated, a large majority of the public perceives crime rates to be increasing; they also have inaccurate views on the severity of sentencing. “The Australian Public overestimates the proportion of crime that involves violence and underestimates the proportion of charged persons who go on to be convicted and imprisoned” (Roberts & Indermaur, 2009). To help explain this contradiction in Australia, crime statistics have been analyzed and factors that could influence these inaccurate perceptions have been discovered. Two significant factors that influence the perception that crime rates are increasing, is the gender of a person, and the mass media. Widespread studies have ben conducted in countries all over the world to uncover the real perception people have regarding the rates of crime, compared to factual crime statistics. Individuals use different sources to gather information when forming views about criminal justice...
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...Once a business strategy is formed then managers will be able to take action and prevent violence in the workplace. Introduction The general concept of safety in the workplace can be assumed to be important to most people. When Goodman (1968) analyzed the use of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, he concluded that while the hierarchy was not as important, the factors of workplace safety were of vital importance (p. 55). There exist several types of workplace violence, and solutions for counteracting each type. The first area to concentrate on is the culture of violence which has led to an increase in workplace violence; not just for employees but also customers (Hoobler & Swanberg, 2006, p. 243). Next a look at murder-suicide examines the most extreme case of workplace violence. With over one third of workplace killings resulting in the killer committing suicide, this has become a very important topic to discuss (Lester, 2014, p. 28). Bullying and domestic violence have also made their way into the workplace after being common in schools and the...
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...facts. Another area that is explored is the difference between mass murderers and serial killers. Many times theses terms are used simultaneously; however the fact is that they are different. Reviewing the classifications, behaviors, motives, childhood neglect, sanity, and how profiling and other methods will assist in catching a serial killer. Understanding and studying serial killers can help in preventing them to start killing, or in catching them before they continue killing. Research shows that the problem of serial killing can be addressed by understanding its causes, identifying common behaviors and motivations of serial killers, and using this information to develop tools for law enforcement to prevent initial or repeated killings If a person commits a murder, it doesn’t constitute to be tagged a serial killing. I will be including material in order to define what serial killer is, and why we are so obsessed with understanding them. To fully discuss and understand serial killers, we must first distinguish the differences between them and mass murderers. The term mass murderer is often used interchangeably; however, the two terms are technically different. Mass murder occurs when a large number of people are killed at the same time or within a short period of time, or ritualistic manner. (Time Life staff, 1992). “ The term ‘serial killings’ means a series of three or more killings, who murders two or more victims at separate times… having common characteristics...
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...like mass shootings are becoming more common these days. I can't help but wonder what we can do about it. It turns out that the “shooter” actually used a car and knife to attack people, not a gun like the media stated at first. And do you know what stopped the attacker from killing innocent people? A gun. Guns aren’t the problem, mental health issues and the strict guns laws are a huge part of the problem. Guns can be a tool for safety and if more good guys had guns, we wouldn't have as many mass shootings, banning...
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...Cars exist primarily for transportation. Guns exist to inflict damage either in self-defense, hunting or murder. Deaths from automobiles are almost always unintentional. However, when someone fires a gun the intent is to harm. In response to deaths from drunk drivers the drinking age was increased, blood-alcohol limits were established and tough penalties for driving while intoxicated were instituted. We did not do nothing. We did several things that drastically reduced auto accident deaths from alcohol-impaired drivers. Furthermore, cars have been regulated (not confiscated) in many ways to make them safer and reduce injuries and deaths. It may impinge on personal liberty, but seatbelts are required and they save...
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...The effects of messages in the media tend to be associated with bad behavior, and negative actions, especially regarding sex and violence. An example of this is the Sandy Hook Shooting, where the boy’s ruthless actions were blamed on the influence of the game Call of Duty by the New York Times, which he supposedly spent a lot of time playing alone in his basement. The hypodermic needle theory is also known as the hypodermic-syringe model of communications, and is referred to as the magic bullet theory. It implied mass media had a direct, immediate and powerful effect on its audiences. The mass media in the 1940s and 1950s was perceived as a powerful influence on behaviour change, yet according to Katz and Lazarfeld (1955), the model is rooted in 1930s behaviorism and is concerned by many to be obsolete today. The hypodermic needle model suggests that media messages are injected straight into a passive audience which is immediately influenced by the message. The study known as ‘The Bobo Doll Experiment’ proved that children copy adult’s actions – they watched adults abusing life sized dolls in laboratory conditions, and then mimicked this behaviour later when playing. This showed that children will replicate what they see adult’s doing, which would imply that they’d imitate what they see them doing in the media – such as shooting in games, or swearing in...
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...Sierra College California Public Policy Case Study: AB 1014 Nathan Nguyen Political Science 001: American Government Professor Vince Latino 10/20/15 Nathan Nguyen Professor Vince Latino Political Science 001 20 October 2015 California Public Policy Case Study: AB 1014 On February 22, 2013 a new form of legislation was created to allow family members and law enforcement officers ask a judge to issue temporary restraining orders preventing people from possessing a firearm when a person poses a threat: Assembly Bill 1014. Passed on a 23-8 vote and signed by California Governor Jerry Brown on Wednesday September 30th. The bill was brought to light after twenty two year old Elliot Rodgers legally bought three semi-automatic rifles with intent to shoot University of Santa Barbara students killing six students and taking his own life. Prevailing law declares those that have been admitted to a mental health institution are denied the right to purchase firearms under the circumstances of: a certified therapist alerts the police that the individual is a danger to themselves and others, the individual has been previously been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor, have under gone a...
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...but not necessarily with reporting truths or with integrity, within this essay I will demonstrate instances of inaccuracy through the research. There are many on-going debates into Mass Medias influences on crime and violent crime in particular, but is this a true reflection of the current culture crisis or a fabrication to sell copy, taking for instance the Murder case of James Bulger in 1993, after the then 10year old boys Robert Thompson and Jon Venable led 2year old James away from a shopping centre in Liverpool to a brutal /senseless and pointless murder the Media was instantly ‘all over’ the case , even though a murder of children by children was extremely rare the reporting of and style of reporting throughout the case was reflecting to the public all that was now wrong in Britain, The Sun instantly called for ‘a crusade to rescue a sick society’, a ‘breed’ of violent children , single mother parenting , and dysfunctional underclass families where being painted as those whom would bare these types of violent monsters creating one of the most widely advertised Moral panics of the 20th Century (Cohen, 2002). Television and video games where two other forms of education for these child killers with many media organisations reporting that video nasty’s where the influence to the brutal murder of James...
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...the public. Creating a distorted view of social reality for the individual viewing. Theobald in his article ‘Mystification in the Media: from ‘Ritual Murder’ to the ‘War on Terrorism’ he offers a powerful discussion about the medias portrayal of Islam, the War on Terrorism and the illusion created by modern journalism. Theobald’s in-depth analysis of the medias treatment of Islam, the war on terror and the representation of Muslims exposes the impact of the media on the comities view. Martin and Phelan’s article ‘Representing Islam in the Wake of September 11: A Comparison of US Television and CNN Online Messageboard Discourses’ uses different techniques in their article to show the reader how two different media examples, television and a CNN messageboard present information headed by the word Islam in the immediate aftermath of September 11. Where Martin and Phelan back their arguments with statistics and hard evidence, Theobald develops his argument through in-depth and detailed analysis of important news coverage. Both articles offer an in-depth insight into the medias representation surrounding the September 11 attacks and the war on terrorism. John Theobald’s discusses the issues of mass communication and the medias portrayal of Islam and the Middle East after the September 11 attacks on America. Theobald believes that mass communications have failed as a transforming force in our “society and culture to oppose divisive stereotypes as part of their ethical responsibility...
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