II. Scholarly Literature Review of Victims in the Media, and Media Images.

Drama television shows are not the only place victims and victimization are evident. Television news is continually reporting on violent crimes and the people victimized from them. The news is probably the number one source of information about crime and their victims. Today, with the enormous size of cable television, the amount of coverage devoted to news has increased. Now many more stories are shown. As the technology increases, more and more crime can be shown. Today, crime can often be caught on security tapes or even by a witness as in the Rodney King case. Over the last 20 years changes in what is accepted on television has brought crimes “such as incest, rape, or child abuse” (Kennedy and Sacc

Not everyone agrees that media coverage hurts the victim’s rights movement. Elayne Rapping feels the coverage could help the victims. “In the case of victim’s rights, however television has played especially important role, because, as a visual, dramatic medium, it has the power to forge larger-than-life, melodramatic images of human suffering.” She believes continued viewing of the victim’s lives will help future victims.

Crime on television and in the movies is not new. It has always been one of the most popular genres. The problem for the victim's rights movement is that most movies or television series portray the criminal as the star. The offender has a quality, which makes the viewer feel sympathetic for him. They often make the victim appear deserving of their punishment “more generally, victimization in traditional crime films often involves harm done to secondary characters who are really only of minor importance” (Kennedy and Sacco, page 37, 1998). Crossing Jordan tends to follow this format. Many scenes, which have victims, do not have a moment for the viewer to reflect on what he or she just saw. The show moves very quickly after the victim is discovered. This is done to keep the viewers sympathy to a minimum.

IV. Data Source and Data Collection

o, page 27, 1998) in to view. These crimes were almost never spoken about and defiantly not seen on television.

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