... " crime. The media, in this case the press, fed by police reports completely blew the problems out of proportion, reporting that it had reached "epidemic proportions." However the police reports" muggings as covering less than 1% of all recorded crime. As always the media does have influence in peoples views and this was carried over to the police where it encouraged them ... ...

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