Images of Delinquency in Twin Cities Newspapers

Baizerman, Michael
Hirak, Joseph
1980
Thumbnail Image

View/Download File

MiscR169.pdf (2.48 MB)

Persistent link to this item

https://hdl.handle.net/11299/141192
Statistics
View Statistics

Journal Title

Journal ISSN

Volume Title

Title

Images of Delinquency in Twin Cities Newspapers

Authors

Published Date

1980

Publisher

Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station

Type

Report

Abstract

This is a report of two studies about how important youth issues were repĀ·orted in Minnesota newspapers. One study is general and is about images of juvenile delinquency in major Twin Cities newspapers. The other study focuses on the issue of vandalism and the Metropolitan Transit Commission buses. Based on the findings of these content ana)ysis studies, it is clear that only a vecy small percentage of all delinquent acts are reported in the press. The acts that are reported seem to be those in which force is used and those in which several youth participate. If this is an accurate statement about Twin Cities papers, some confusion could arise in public discussion and public policy about youth In general and particularly about de linquencybecause these acts are not the majorizy of delinquent acts and, Indeed, are relatively rare events.1 It is our hope that citizens of Minnesota will read the information and the issues presented in this report and will think about whether our findings would hold true for their communities and for other media such as newspapers, magazines, radio, and television.

Keywords

Description

31 pages

Related to

Replaces

License

Collections

Miscellaneous Reports

Series/Report Number

Miscellaneous Report
 169

Funding information

Isbn identifier

Doi identifier

Previously Published Citation

Suggested citation

Baizerman, Michael; Hirak, Joseph. (1980). Images of Delinquency in Twin Cities Newspapers. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/141192.

Content distributed via the University Digital Conservancy may be subject to additional license and use restrictions applied by the depositor. By using these files, users agree to the Terms of Use. Materials in the UDC may contain content that is disturbing and/or harmful. For more information, please see our statement on harmful content in digital repositories.