Stop the Humble Mumble: Bringing Criminology to the People

Crime and Media Review
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Literature Review - Chapter 1: Stop the Humble Mumble: Bringing Criminology to the People (Franklin T. Wilson)
The author analyzed the gathered studies to prove that the range of incarcerated individuals are composed of different factors and it can clearly be categorized. The United States only comprises 5% of the world population, but the added 25% of the incarcerated population from this country. This is proven by the fact that there are 716 in 100,000 citizens are being incarcerated. To prove this further, the other countries that also have a high incarceration rate are Rwanda with 492, Russia has 475, Brazil with 274, Spain with 147, Australia has 130, China with 121, and lastly Canada with 118. This does not necessarily mean that the United States have the most number of criminals because the incarceration rates and correctional facilities are caused by changes in sentencing policies and laws. This might be shocking to some but the changes in these policies and laws are present because the general public do not have access to the workings of criminologists and other scientists. The cause of this is that experts are forbidden to use media platforms and/or not being successful in notifying the media in a way that is understandable even to the common people.
The criminologists ae aware of how the correctional supervision rates are increasing and it is a fact that complex web issues are causing this. If these web issues are addressed, there will be a more profound crime prevention that can be used to lessen incarceration rates. The social issues can be classified based on culture, race and gender to name a few. All of these classifications are composed of sub-issues. Not everyone is able to understand this and the community continue to be misinformed compared to others who belong to the system.
By presenting studies and evidences that are used to prove the author’s claim, there is better proof that the restrictions in the use of media to keep the average citizen informed are not helping. The society are not properly informed only lead to failure because they lack the understanding about the criminal justice systems. The social issues are the ones to be blamed instead of the limitations placed on the common people to know more about the system. However, even if it is easy to blame those who are causing this, the individuals who sit in their position are the ones who were elected and these problems existed even before they took office.
In actuality, the people are the determining factor on what they consider as a problem and how they are to seek support to gain effectivity. According to the author, these problems are sometimes caused by common beliefs like a person needs to have equal revenge, death penalty is going to end crime, and more police officers will make crime disappear. It is easy to pass on these beliefs to the public, but the findings of social sciences are not able to reach everyone.
The statements given are solid and the studies were used to show the differences of incarceration rates between countries and why the general public do not have a full understanding...