Criminology Study Assignment Answers

• Subject Name : Criminology

Criminology Study Assignment Answers

Question 1: Media organisations are not selective in their reporting of crime stories.
Ans. False

Question 2: In the Australian Institute of Criminology study on media reports of drugs and crime, the main drug reported on during the study period (1995-1998) was heroin.
Ans. True

Question 3: Which of the following IS NOT a news value discussed in the mini-lecture on newsworthiness
Ans. Verification

Question 4: A news value discussed in the mini-lecture on newsworthiness is impact. This refers to the medias tendency to only report the most common forms of crime being committed, such as ordinary property offences.
Ans. False

Question 5: Criminology is not a scientific discipline.
Ans. False

Question 6: Criminology is informed by the discipline of geography.
Ans. True

Question 7: Which of the following is included in the study of criminology
Ans. All of the four options listed here

Question 8: Crime is a__________________construction.
Ans. Social

Question 9: Crime can be defined as acts or omissions which a person, usually the victim, perceives as being wrong.
Ans. True

Question 10: Which of the following is NOT a formal source of knowledge about crime
Ans. Australian Bureau of Statistics

Question 11: There are inconsistencies between what official crime research tells us and what the media portrays.
Ans. True

Question 12: The criminal justice system is a ____________mechanism of control.
Ans. Formal

Question 13: According to the __________ model , consumers of media unquestioningly believe the view of crime that is presented to them.
Ans. effects model

Question 14: It is a myth that most crimes are violent in nature
Ans. False

Question 15: How many principal news frames are there in relation to crime
Ans. Three

Question 16: A news story about a crime wave being committed by young people where the majority are from single parent families would be an example of which news frame
Ans. Social breakdown

Question 17: A newspaper carries a headline Axe murderer addicted to Mortal Combat. Mortal combat is a science-fantasy themed fighting game. For this story the newspaper has adopted the violent media frame.
Ans. False

Question 18: Most offenders who begin offending in adolescence continue offending well into adulthood
Ans. True

Question 19: The primary purpose of the commercial news media is to
Ans. Inform the public of recent events that affect their lives

Question 20: Media ownership is important because it can affect/influence
Ans. Democratic Process Political Accountability Decision making