Canadian Media's Influence On Youth Crimes

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Power is handed to the media as it plays an integral role in society by being a major service provider of information for the public. Developments in technology allow news to be at the fingertips of the public, revolutionizing the way that news is consumed. Therefore, the content of the articles through which the media conveys it message are of vital importance as they can influence the perceptions of the general public. The role of Canadian media in depicting youth crime is a largely business orientated one. Members of the public often fail to remember that the media at its core is a business, the goal of this business is to maximize profit which is achieved by selectively reporting news. A business orientated approach causes the media to …show more content…
This however, is not true an article in the CBC News entitled “Gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous inmates growing, latest statistics show” (2017) provides a thorough examination of the Corrections and Conditional Release Statistical Overview: 2016 Annual Report as well as an interview with the Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale. This report although is for the most part focused on the misrepresentation of indigenous people in the correctional system makes some valid points regarding youth crime. The news article falsifies the common misconceptions of the public and reveals that police-reported crime rate has been decreasing since 1998. Crime statistics which allow us to understand how many people have been accused in an incident showcase that the amount of youth crime was 94,100 in 2014 a decrease of 11,000 crimes from 2013 (Boyce, 2015, p.22). The newspaper article discusses a portion of the report that claims a decrease in the severity of youth crime (the most common crime being theft) and the amount of crime. The findings of the report are proven by the 40% decrease in the youth crime severity index in the past decade (Boyce, 2015,
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