Monday, May 21, 2012
“THE TRUTH ABOUT TRUE CRIME: It’s Not What You Think!”
Presenter: David R. Simon, Ph.D., Research Fellow (Ret.), Institute of Public and International Policy, University of North Florida
An estimated 95% of what the public knows about crime comes from the mass media (TV news, CSI shows, movies, and an occasional book). However, the visual media tend to focus on violent crimes when, in truth, the types of crime that take the most lives, cost the most money, and traumatize the greatest number of people are rarely given any attention at all. International smuggling is largely blamed on drug cartels, organized criminal syndicates, and terrorists.
