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This document summarizes a study that compares police data on crime trends and characteristics with how crime is portrayed in newspapers, television news, and public perceptions. The study tests hypotheses about whether media coverage accurately reflects police data and influences public views. It finds that media presentations of crime trends generally do not match police statistics. Newspaper coverage more closely aligns with police data on the relative frequency of different crimes than television news c

Author

Matthew Ware

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EN