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The local media in Tinseltown, USA, notes that “public opinion and the media are two closely related and important components in the creation of policy.” In the last 30 years, however, the media's portrayal of “crime issues” has not always been accurate. A few of the issues include:
Juvenile Delinquency
Marijuana Use
Burglary Victimization
Select one of the issues listed and use social indicators to demonstrate a need for the program
The media often uses sensationalized reporting of high-profile, violent juvenile crimes (often referred to as the "super-predator" narrative in past decades) to boost ratings and public interest. This tends to create a public perception that juvenile crime is rampant, increasing, and increasingly violent. This distorted view, in turn, fuels public demand for harsher, punitive policies (like "tough on crime" legislation) rather than evidence-based, preventative programs.
Social indicators—the objective, quantifiable data collected by government agencies (like the Bureau of Justice Statistics or CDC)—show a trend that runs counter to the typical media narrative, demonstrating a clear need for preventative and rehabilitative programs over punitive ones.
The social indicators show that the nature of the "crime issue" for juvenile delinquency is not a widespread, skyrocketing rate of violent crime as often portrayed. Instead, the real problems are:
Concentrated disadvantage and poverty driving the behavior of a smaller group of offenders.
Ineffective, racially biased punitive responses (school discipline, detention) that fail to rehabilitate and instead lock youth into a cycle of crime (high recidivism).
Therefore, the need is not for tougher laws but for targeted, preventative social investment and evidence-based, rehabilitative programs to address poverty, educational exclusion, and the causes of re-offending.