According to "Box 1

question 20

Multiple Choice

According to "Box 1.1: Crime and the Media," what is often overlooked or left out of media reports of crime?

• A) the role of the police in apprehending the criminal
• B) broader social issues such as class and ethnicity
• C) the sentence received by the offender
• D) the reasons the offender is thought to have committed the crime

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