Media-Based Anticrime Efforts

Todays prevalent technological innovations contribute to the increase incidents of curse in the United States. This alarming fact has already been brought into the aw arness of the National Citizens Crime Prevention Campaign and that which the agency has been addressing these days. Majority of NCPCs campaigns ar engaged in preventing crimes that involve the internet crime, bullying, and theft. (Current Campaigns)In addition, Court TVs Choices and Consequences also wishes to help the American society become cognizant of its world power to prevent crime. Empowering the youth as its main targeted audience with the wisdom that they can help prevent crime by being aware that the decisions that they generate as adolescents have significant lifetime consequences is what this award-winning program do. (Mission)In my opinion, these crime-fighting organizations are effective with their mission of preventing crimes in the society. Through their programs, the community is provided with c ompetent information that strips them off from being ignorant about the most recent crime trends in the society. This information will serve as their weapon in fighting against particular crimes when they encounter them. The do of the various forms of media leaves no man ignorant about serious social issues that directly affect him.Consequently, sometimes, excessive use of media in order to deter crime does not necessarily mean that it initiates fear among the members of the society to commit crime. There are even instances when people are influenced otherwise. Too much information also leads to curiosity curiosity to do what and how it feels like to do what the law tries hard to prevent from natural event. Moreover, though broadcast companies nauseate to admit it, media sensationalize crime incidents that results to adverse psychological effects among some members of the society.There is moreover a conflicting interest issues in the medias concern regarding its ability to repor t and deter crime. The federal government, in its hope to secure the society and prevent crimes from happening utilizes the media in order to popularize its campaigns against crime. Major organizations who are advocates of deterring crime also provides television networks with a large sum of money just to make sure people are aware of the criminal issues that are happening in the society so they can avoid it when in the situation. These huge amounts of money that is at stake here leaves us into doubt whether the media companies are sedate in helping deter crime in the community.ReferencesCurrent Campaigns. Retrieved from http//www.ncpc.org/newsroom/current-campaigns on Oct.25, 2007.Mission. Retrieved on Oct. 25, 2007.