Underbelly glamourising criminality? The danger of glamorising crime. By Padma Edirisinghe “House of the dead” is not a macabre term coined by the writer but the name of a book by a famous Russian author of the 19th century. Any way we will comeback from Russia to Sri Lanka first. Or specifically to its media field that has turned it into a twin house of death. The first pages of many a newspaper today are splashed with sensational news on bizarre and sinister happenings such as homicides, suicides, kidnappings and rape sometimes decorated with blotches of red signifying bloody red that pours out in reports such as”, “Whole family murdered at midnight”, “Wife kills husband and child in a fit of rage”.
So, what? Newspapers have to be sold and such newspapers sell red hot. Moral degeneration It is not only old grannies who exclaim, “Goodness me! The exclamation implies that the world just eclipsed was allrosy and innocent, but the truth of the matter, as anybody with an iota of brain can perceive is that the world has always been a mix of good and evil. Discipline_and_desubordination-final_report. UK Crime Statistic Comparisons. Crime statistics. Crime statistics attempt to provide statistical measures of crime committed in societies. Given that crime is usually secretive by nature, measurements of it are likely to be inaccurate. Several methods for measuring crime exist, including household surveys, hospital or insurance records, and compilations by police and similar law enforcement agencies.
Typically official crime statistics are the latter, but some offences are likely to go unreported to the police. Or not all types of offences are reported constantly and completely as they occur. Public surveys are sometimes conducted to estimate the amount of crime not reported to police. Such surveys are usually more reliable for assessing trends. However, they also have their limitations. Statistics on crime are gathered and reported by many countries, They are of particular interest to several international organizations, including Interpol and the United Nations. Counting rules[edit] Surveys[edit] Classification[edit] Measures[edit] Fight crime - Support the charity Crimestoppers - Most Wanted criminals - Call anonymously - Fraud | Crimestoppers UK. Category:Crime television series. Road Wars. Sky 1 Featured Items Slideshow.