CRIM 4654 Lecture 4: Lecture 4
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Bobo doll: all the kids were affiliated with stanford, this is not representative of children in general. Correlations between aggregate data (violent images on tv and crime rate in society) Perceptions of violent crime the forum poll 2012. Older females are more likely to showcase fear. Emotions do no really focus on emotions, it is more focused on fear, pain, etc. not the pleasure. It generally looks at the negative emotions(sensational) punitiveness in punishing such as prisons, repeat offender policies, 3 strikes. This all resulted in higher incarceration rates. The public support for these policies thus formed popular punitiveness. The general public supports this although criminologists do not. Popular punitiveness got wrapped into the study of the media because media was implicated as it fueled popular punitiveness. It sensationalized, used emotional language, the public thus supported more punitive measures. The public can thus act irrationally, the academic criminologists are who act rational.
