Criminology AC 1.5 questions and answers latest 2024

Explain the negative effect that the media has on crime - correct answer-Things of a more negative nature (e.g. unpleasant thoughts, emotions, or social interactions; harmful/traumatic events) have a greater impact on one's psychological state and processes than neutral or positive things. Having a pessimistic outlook on situations, ideas and life in general. We are 2-4 times more likely to focus on the negative aspects of life rather than the positive. What were the positives of the coronavirus news? - correct answer-Communities coming together, Captain Tom gave people hope, reminded people to appreciate their family/education/employment/being able to go out, people made more of an effort to check on their loved ones, people could spend more time with the people in their household What were the negatives of the coronavirus news? - correct answer-People's mental health was damaged, people lost their jobs, the media scared people into not leaving their homes, people lost their family members/friends, a divide was created between the government and the people, no 'positive' statistics were shown, people living alone were isolated + lonely What is moral panic?