... . Despite the fact that the information obtained from the USDOJ has limitations, like the majority of crime-related data, it suffers from less bias than previous analyses that rely on newspaper articles. For example, Lersch and Feagin used national and regional newspapers to investigate trends of police malpractice, and they recognized that there is "a skew in the data toward the larger ... cities." They warn that media bias in the major newspaper coverage of police brutality should be noted because the level of media interest affects what is reported. In addition, they believe that ... ...

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... products are more easily smuggled and more easily consumed covertly. During America's experiment with al- cohol prohibition, for example, consumption shifted toward hard liquor and away from the less potent wine and beer, a perverse result from which the nation still has not fully recovered (Barnett 1994, 2609). With respect to illegal drugs, this phenomenon is even more pronounced. According to Randy ... ...

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... sounds reasonable on the surface, gun registration is actually a malicious program that can be used to track or confiscate firearms. Take Rockland County, New York for example. Journal News, a local newspaper, accessed public records to obtain the name and address of every handgun owner in the county. They then proceeded to post this information on their website for the entire world ... ...

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... , tragic event, but when it happens in our schools to our children, it is an extraordinarily shocking occurrence. The headlines, large and looming, spread across the front page of every newspaper in the country. It makes first line mention in all the news stories for the night and sometimes for weeks and months to come. All over America school violence is ... ...

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... and theft they just simply state an act of piracy was committed, but with smaller moral crime with details and explanation of what occurred. In colonies like Massachusetts Bay, these newspaper articles were believed to protect the people's morale.15 In the Massachusetts Bay colony, the Puritans thought of themselves as a beacon of righteousness for the world and they must set ... ...

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... of male prisoners in comparison to the death rate of males in the general population. Researchers from Queens University in Kingston, Ontario were the group that conducted the study. The newspaper article states that the research group "covered a nine year period, and concluded that inmates in Ontario died at a much higher rate-often in violent ways-than Canadian men in the ... ...

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... or steer public perception in the right direction. The media's responsibility would be to bring the public interest message to the masses through the use of TV and radio commercials, newspaper writing, pamphlets, highway billboards, internet posting, mailing list, and series or public lectures or conferences. Primarily, the victimized companies and groups along with the government agencies involved in the pursuit ... ...

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... or steer public perception in the right direction. The media's responsibility would be to bring the public interest message to the masses through the use of TV and radio commercials, newspaper writing, pamphlets, highway billboards, internet posting, mailing list, and series or public lectures or conferences. Primarily, the victimized companies and groups along with the government agencies involved in the pursuit ... ...

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... no actual evidence of this, I suspect that exposure to violent movies had something to do with your actions'. It was this comment that triggered the media witch hunts. The sun newspaper reported that Venables's father had rented a particular film, Childs Play 3 prior to the murder and the content of this film bore an uncanny resemblance to the Bulger murder. Investigation of ... ...

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... 86 percent of just four years earlier (Walt 1). Emotional and unusual circumstances usually bring apprehension and doubt to the fore because most capital cases in Texas hardly make the morning newspaper. Many, though, reconsider their stance when they witness the personal side of the issue. A drop of 18 percent in public support for the death penalty is extremely drastic and suggests ... ...

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