The media allow crime to infiltrate the public’s consciousness in every conceivable way, thereby playing a major role in shaping the public’s opinion and attitude toward crime and crime issues (Barak, 1995; Fields & Jerin, 1996; Kappeler & Potter, 2005). Reporters constantly talk about crime, and crime related stories dominate the headlines of local and national newspaper outlets (Dowler, 2003; Pizarro et al, 2007). Some of the most highly rated television programs are based on crime plots and people across social, political, and racial demographics are constantly engaged in crime dialogue generated from local or national news stories. When the focus of these mediums is on youth they become even more profound and contentious. The images portrayed conjure up stereotypes that lead to fear and inflammatory remarks that become entrenched into the national lexicon. The current study uses data from the National Opinion Survey of Crime and Justice to test the relationship between crime‐related media viewership and fear of victimization within a nationally representative adult sample. Approximately 42.67% of respondents reported regularly watching crime shows and about the same proportion (42.83%) believed their local media paid too much attention to violent crime. In addition to regular crime‐show viewership, confidence in the police, gender, and recent contact with the police were associated with fear of victimization. This article adds to an existing body of research through a largely unexplored area in the administration of justice. It does so within the context of the U.S. juvenile justice system.

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媒体曝光与被害恐惧之间的关系研究：超级掠夺者叙事对少年司法政策的启示

媒体允许犯罪以各种可能的方式渗透到公众的意识中，从而在塑造公众对犯罪和犯罪问题的看法和态度方面发挥重要作用（Barak，1995； Fields＆Jerin，1996； Kappeler＆Potter，2005）。记者不断谈论犯罪，而与犯罪有关的故事占据着当地和国家报纸的头条（Dowler，2003； Pizarro等，2007）。一些收视率最高的电视节目是基于犯罪情节的，社会，政治和种族人口统计领域的人们一直在参与由当地或国家新闻报道引发的犯罪对话。当这些媒体的重点放在青年时，它们就变得更加深刻和充满争议。刻画的图像让人联想起刻板印象，导致恐惧和煽动性言论深深扎根于国家词典中。本研究使用国家犯罪和司法观点调查的数据来测试与犯罪有关的媒体收视率与在具有全国代表性的成人样本中对受害的恐惧之间的关系。大约42.67％的受访者报告定期观看犯罪节目，并且大约相同的比例（42.83％）认为他们的当地媒体对暴力犯罪过于关注。除了定期进行犯罪表演收看之外，对警察的信心，性别和最近与警察的接触都与担心受害有关。本文通过司法领域中一个主要尚未探索的领域，对现有研究进行了补充。它是在U的上下文中这样做的。