useful stuff for those who like criminal things….
Links to latest crime stats - summary - hmmm…. so what do the long term trends suggest about media and crime/violence/anti-social behaviour?
Regarding violence and the media… Here is an up-to-date example, but maybe not the context you’d be expecting…..
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8280980.stm
The links you need for your article analysis are here
and here
and something else useful is here
A ‘news’ item leading to an experiment you can take part in:-
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8170254.stm
Impact of Electronic Media Violence - Huesmann (2007) - a review article.
You can read it from here - or link to a pdf version if you want to print it out
http://www.jahonline.org/article/PIIS1054139X07003916/fulltext
If you missed Steve Cattell (Britain’s most prolific criminal) at the conference, you can find essentially the same presentation here - 4 x 10 min clips - this is a link to the first one:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=215i-tYKg54
And here’s a link to Louis Theroux…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCT-E4H_8Yw
For those of you researching knife crime…
What is the most common weapon used in fatal stabbings?
a) a flick-knife?
b) a pen-knife
c) a kitchen knife?
click here for the answer
AND - for knife crime, but you might not have thought about looking here -
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_7310000/newsid_7314400/7314432.stm
the personal story and some of the links are actually quite good - have a look
Another topical link - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8100052.stm
For those of you researching ‘made or born’, a topical case of possibly ‘child’ murderers (if found guilty!) - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/8101294.stm
Keep your eye on this case.
Debate about the age of criminal responsibility - Radio prog Tues 16th june - listen on iplayer
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8100319.stm
If we can change the age of consent, what does this tell you about ‘criminality’?