In some countries, even though the rates of serious crimes are decreasing, people feel less safe than ever before. What do you think are the causes of this problem? What measures could be taken to solve it?

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cases of serious crimes are decreasing in many parts of the world, people feel less safe today than at any other time in the past. The main reason for
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is the increased
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of
crime
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in our media and one key solution is encouraging news outlets to cover more positive stories.
Crime
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-related news more frequently features in our media than positive stories and the public,
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, believe there to be
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more criminal
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than there actually is.
Crime
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stories are considered to be more dramatic and capable of gaining more readers and viewers than stories of another nature.
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, the vast majority of the news focuses on serious crimes and
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is causing people to feel unsafe.
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, the British Office for National Statistics recently reported that
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the number of murder cases had decreased in the UK by 20% in the
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20 years, the media’s
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of these murders had increased by 700%. To combat
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disproportionate
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of
crime
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stories, media outlets should be encouraged to
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cover positive stories. By presenting an accurate picture of society that includes good news as well as bad, journalists can reduce the anxiety that causes viewers to feel unsafe.
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, one news website, the Good News Network, has aimed to accurately show what is happening in society by sharing good news stories
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the late 1990s and it has been reported that their visitors are 16% less concerned with the
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rates in the respective countries. In conclusion, people feel less safe today in spite of reducing
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levels
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of negative media
coverage
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that focuses on
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reporting. To remedy
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problem, journalists should be encouraged to share more positive stories to present a realistic picture of society.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • availability heuristic
  • media coverage
  • misinformation
  • urbanization
  • community cohesion
  • justice system
  • economic inequality
  • community policing
  • media literacy
  • surveillance
  • swift justice
  • social cohesion
  • neighborhood watch
  • deterrent
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