Posted: January 31st, 2017

Reportage of certain crimes like the Columbine High School massacre accelerates moral panics, causing society to quickly adopt new crime policies (the incident at Columbine, for example, caused many schools to adopt zero tolerance policies and stricter gun laws to be passed).

Reportage of certain crimes like the Columbine High School massacre accelerates moral panics, causing society to quickly adopt new crime policies (the incident at Columbine, for example, caused many schools to adopt zero tolerance policies and stricter gun laws to be passed).
Post your response to these questions:
Do the media exaggerate crime and cause people to unneccessarily live in fear? On the contrary, how does media coverage of crime expedite crime policy initiatives, and do Americans react too quickly to media coverage to adopt new policies, or are reactions improved because of the speed at which social issues are reported? Explain your answer.