...committed crimes such as murder, robbery, larceny-theft, and forcible rape.” What causes children to act so violently these days? Violence in movies and on television that they watch and emulate. The same study provided evidence of the link between movies and the crimes committed by such children: “the configuration of corpses, mutilated by disturbed teenagers to resemble victims in slasher movies.”Children at young ages are very impressionable. When a child is born, it is born without knowledge of how to act, speak, or think positively. Instead, as they grow, they pick up behavioral tendencies from various outside sources. Such impressions have a lasting effect on children which can last through adolescence. As these children develop, they copy the violent behavior of characters portrayed in the false reality created by movies, not knowing the difference between behavior that is proper, and behavior that is not. In today’s age of digital entertainment, video media such as movies are highly influential to people of all ages. Children, however, may be the age group most affected by movies. At younger ages, children’s minds are more pliable and will follow any behaviors set by any source. For example, let’s say that a family of 3, a mother, a father, and a 5 year old boy, go out to see Bangkok Dangerous, an action movie currently in theaters This movie is a typical modern action movie, containing generous amounts of gun violence and explosions. If the child sees action movies in a generally...
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...fabulous lifestyles by exerting dominance with violence. However, movie violence has positive effects such as the reduction of crime after large audiences view violent films. Good and evil, yin and yang, and Newton’s third law all show that there are two sides to everything. Where there is one effect, there is another to counter-balance. This is proven with the diverse effects of violence in movies. More often than not, when people speak about violence in movies, they speak about how it corrupts the minds of youth and leads to mankind becoming more violent as a species. The only arguments that are usually heard against these claims are about how the parents need to control the children and criminals need to stop blaming the television. Although not very known, the violence that is portrayed in movies and television shows has negative as well as positive effects. The criminal lifestyle in movies and television shows are often displayed as fabulous, powerful, and exotic to where the criminal can have or do anything they want because they often rule with violence. Because many people dream of having similar power and wealth, this lifestyle is appealing to a large audience, especially the younger audience, but it teaches that violence and crime is the way to get it. The violence shown in these movies desensitizes people who perform real life violence and crime and makes them more aggressive and more probable to perform these actions...
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...change 5 Paragraph five: Genres it has merged with 5 Ways in which SNATCH follows generic conventions 6 Ways in which SNATCH subverts the genre 7 Reasons why gangster movies are interested today 8 Conclusion 8 REFERENCE LIST 9 Abstract The project is about the gangster movie genre with all its elements that contains. Moreover the fundamentals of plot, iconography, characters, ways that genre has change and how are they connected with others are briefly explained. The Snatch as an example of gangster movie is presented and analyzed. It is shown how this movie follows the pattern of gangster movies, and which characteristics do not. Furthermore it is explained why gangsters movies are still popular and attractive for the audience. Introduction and Thesis One of the most popular and productive genre is crime genre. According to Stankic N. (2004) and Neale, S. (2000) Crime genre is presented with three smaller ones which have similar characteristics but different stories. These subgenres are: detective, thriller and gangster genre. Crime genre name is used for all the movies that have developed composite tale which action is connected with breaking the law, violence or with murder. This action can be any crime that, as result, has a hard moral judgment. The movie Snatch, made by Guy Ritchie is gangster movie because there is a robbery story, movie consists plenty scene with shooting...
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...cinematography started with short films, but these were simple pictures such as a group of guy’s playing cards or a car passing by on the street. It was not until the rise of Hollywood in 1900’s, did the movies we see today come to motion. David Wark Griffith was the first director to make a more modern day full-length film that theaters today show. Costing a whopping $100,000 dollars to make, the film brought in $18 million dollars of revenue. After the small infant industry saw the potential of creating films it took off. Moviemakers made sure films avoided controversial topics and offensive content fearing government regulations. The infancy of cinematography, a race of people thirsty for entertainment, mixed with a visual oriented guy with an interest in crime and a broad view of the world helped create a director to influence movies into countless generations. Born in London’s East End, on August 13, 1899, was Alfred Hitchcock. The beginnings of the world famous director were humble beginnings. His father worked tirelessly as a grocer, with long hours that paid very little. As a child, Hitchcock found himself interested in theater and the early beginnings of film. As a child, Hitchcock had an intense interest in crime, particularly British crime. After committing a minor crime, his father made him go to jail for....
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...Considering the lucrative nature of many internet crimes it makes sense that traditional crimes are dwindling while internet crimes are rising. The internet criminal is safer, less likely to get caught has a higher return on investment and is maybe even a little bit younger. Due to the increased use of computers in business its easier for employees to steel from the companies they work for misappropriating trade secrets and the like for significant financial gain. The ease with which the crimes are committed and the availability of computer based tools to commit crimes and the attitude that “they will never come after me” makes people that aren’t predisposed to the traditional types of crime generally pretty willing criminals. An easy example of that would be the ease with which movies can be pirated. Its actually surprising the number of and type of people willingly pirate movies. Admittedly I was introduced to the practice by being shown where to obtain the software by an information security officer of a federal government agency. Many of the crimes aren’t financially motivated and malicious in intent attempting to destroy data because of a personal vendetta. I think the increase in cyber crime is directly attributable to the drop in traditional crime. I might not agree with the statement in the book “since the Internet leaves almost permanent traces motivated offenders might refrain from crime once realizing they can somehow be identified” The statement might be more believable...
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...Black Mass and The God Father I chose to write about two crime movies. The first movie is Black Mass which was directed by Scott Cooper. And the main character was my favorite actor, Johnny Depp. It was released in 2014. As for The Godfather, it was directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The protagonist was Marlon Brando. And the movie was released in 1972. Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator named William Bulger or Billy. He is also a Boston famous figure. Whitey and John Connolly grew up together in Boston. After few years ago, they meet again. Meanwhile, Connolly was an FBI agent. Whereas Whitey become an Irish Mob godfather and they were secretly trading to take down the Italian mafia family in Boston. In addition, Whitey's brother was involved in this dirty deal. Which lead them to commit crimes such as, racketeering, murders, drug dealing, and other crimes that made them FBI's most wanted list (especially Whitey)....
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...Betty Waltermire Critical Issues in Criminal Justice JUS-250 April 28, 2014 Internet Pirates Music, Movies and More Most people like listening to good music by the artists they enjoy listening to. Music is expensive when you are on a tight budget and the belt is as tight as it can go. You must choose between getting the newest CD and gasoline for your vehicle. Of course you would choose the gasoline to get back and forth to work or wherever you may have to drive. However you might be able to download the music from your computer. Downloading itself is not illegal but, if a person puts the song on the internet; copies, sells or distributes it for profit that is a crime. No matter what excuses are used it is all a cop out. It does not change the fact that copyrighted material or songs downloaded for profit is theft if it has not been paid for (Amazon). Chances are you may know someone who downloads music or movies from online and this in itself is not illegal. It is when friends start asking if they could get this or that downloaded and they will pay you for this music or movies. The Internet is running rampant with peer to peer (p2p) networks such as LimeWire, Bit Torrent and many others. These sites are where people copy music then put it on these sites for others to copy or use. The act of downloading something illegally falls under the Copyright Act of 1976, a Federal Statute that governs...
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...entertainment industry for playing a significant part in glamorizing violence with today's youth, from music to movies to video games and television shows, society believes that these products are responsible for the seemingly increasingly violent and horrific crimes. Blaming the entertainment industry is just an excuse, really is real and fake is fake, and sensory entertainment just isn't fair to the public. Imagine a world without Batman, Spiderman, Michael Myers, and pretty much anything with Bruce Willis or Tom Cruise. There are plenty of responsible adults out there who can handle this type of entertainment. Going to the movies or being at home and being scared and or at the edge of the seat is enjoyable. According to TV By Numbers and Fandango action, thriller, and horror movies generate $1 billion dollars in revenue each year. This doesn't even include revenue from video games. Everybody has ways to unwind and relax after a long day. Millions choose video games to get the job done. There countless number of video games and gaming systems or devices, proves that it is a force in the entertainment industry. According, to IGN.com the call of duty franchise is worth 4.8 billion dollars alone. In the good versus evil movies, good prevails majority of the time. These movies end up as the bad guy usually dead. Why would this inspired an individual? "Movies don't create psychos movies make psychos more creative", Billy Loomis, Scream. According to research from the Yale University psychology...
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...help that’s why he shot up the movie theater, not because of the black knight and the joker. Horror movies don’t causes people to turn violent. Violent horror movies are not the reason people go...
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...Criminal Organizations The perception of organized crime in today’s society derives from the media, television shows, and movies. Television programs and movies such as The Sopranos, Goodfellas, and The Godfather created a perception that organized crime are solely comprised of the Italian Mafia. Historic crime figures such as Al Capone, Lucky Luciano, and John Gotti enhance society’s perception that all organized crime ascertains to the Italian Mafia. Being half Sicilian, I too had the perception that organized crime was created by Italians, in Sicily, and eventually migrated to major cities throughout the United States. However, that is simply not the case. Organized crime has been around long before the Italian Mafia brought it to fame. Different cultures around the world have their own criminal organizations with set standards. Other criminal organizations include the Irish Republic Army (IRA), motorcycle gangs such as Hells Angels, Triads from China, etc. My perception of organized crime was based off what I saw on television and movies. My understanding of organized crime consisted of Omerta (loyalty and secrecy), illegal activity to gain a profit, and intimidation/violence. In addition, it was my understanding that in order to be a formal aspect of a criminal organization; one’s heritage has to be verified. For example, in order to be a full member of the Italian Mafia, one has to be one hundred percent Italian to the point the mafia can trace your family all the way...
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...Personal Perception of Organized Crime Paper Jowanna Lovitt November 2, 2015 CJS/325 Sherryl Roten-West Personal Perception of Organized Crime Paper Organized crime have always been huge all around the world. The lifestyle of being in an organized crime group have become popular and trendy. It is like everyone wants to be a part of it because it brings wealth and prestige to those who do it rather well. They see organized crime groups as being important and it is presented all throughout social media, television shows, movies, and books. People young and old think that living like this is cute. It Is far from cute, it is downright disgusting. In this paper I will Define organized crime and describe my own personal perception of what I think organized crime is. I will also compare my perception to the actual definition and describe what characteristics that are associated with organized criminal behavior. The FBI defines organized crime as any group having some manner of a formalized structure and whose primary objective is to obtain money through illegal activities. (Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2015) Such groups maintain their position through the use of actual or threatened violence, corrupt public officials, graft, or extortion, and generally have a significant impact on the people in their locales, region, or the country as a whole. (Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2015).The five biggest organized crime groups ranked by revenue are Solntsevskaya Bratva with...
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...Victomology Victims of Crimes and the Media Violent crime, gangs, and drugs are tearing our families apart. Violent crime and victims have become an issue in America and the rest of world. The negative effects of television, Movie Theater or any kind of media is affecting our children and teenagers. Statistics indicate a decline in violent crimes in our country and an increase in our national population in prisons. It is indisputable that our families are the victims in these drugs, gangs and organized crime issues in our communities. Nobody can discussed or argue that we need to stop this malicious act of violence. In addition, nobody can disagree that this violent crime is hard to fight. Gangs are born in impoverished sections of major cities. However, gangs and drugs activities are not limited to inner cities. Gangs and drugs are in suburbs and rural communities and in communities of great economic diversity. Gangs do not recruit certain type of race, economy or cultural status. Exist in every level and every kind of community. (Stewart, 1989). Therefore, our problem is everywhere and anywhere. The lack of parental supervision, employment, recreational opportunity and breakdown in family structure are the main reasons why our children are joining the ranks of these organized criminal institutions. It could be wrong to say it, but the truth is these gangs provide them (our children) with enough companionship, protection...
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...JORIND 10 (2), June, 2012. ISSN 1596 - 8308. www.transcampus.org./journals, www.ajol.info/journals/jorind NOLLYWOOD MOVIES ANDNIGERIAN YOUTHS-AN EVALUATION J. O.Nnabuko Department of Marketing. University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus,Nigeria and Tina C. Anatsui Department of Mass Communication. Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Nigeria E-mail: chinyere_06@yahoo.com+234-805-2422-918 Abstract This paper is an advocacys on the impacts of Nollywood movies as the two-edge sword for the national development. It contends that its establishment has helped greatly in developing talents, and serves as a medium of entertainment and communication. It also highlights various critics that praised the ability of Nollywood industry in the past, and expresses concern on the reverse focus on the negative themes and its negative impact on youth behaviour and the image of Nigeria. The qualitative and quantitative data analysis based on the empirical secondary and primary data were employed. The data collected on both were presented in tabular form and analyzed using simple percentages. Purposive random sampling technique and questionnaire as an instrument were used during the class-meeting. Keywords: Nollywood, behavior, youths, movies Introduction Film was introduced into Nigeria in the 1900’s by the British colonialist who used it for propaganda purposes, while the church used it to spread the Gospel.The Colonial Administration and the Church saw film not only as a medium of entertainment but as...
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...govern social deviance by using poison to place people in a state of living dead whereby, a funeral actually takes place for the drugged individual including a proper burial. Del Guercio describes, how the graves are then uncovered by the commission and placed with nearby plantation owners to do menial labor for the duration of their lives in an altered state. The Zombies of Haiti serve a societal purpose to keep down crime, and the unusual deviances from the social norms in which, these poor people have developed over 100's of years. In a general comparison to the zombies of Haiti and the zombies in the " New Dawn of the Dead" movie. The zombies of the movies are made for strictly entertainment purposes and are changed to fit a mold of the producer and writer. The zombies are far fetched whereby; zombies suddenly appear and change humans into more zombies. On the other hand Del Guercio reveals, through Wade Davis, a real voodoo culture on the Isle of Haiti in which, zombies are made of everyday inhabitants for crimes against society and places fear in the average population to know that any member of your family can be placed in a state of zombification through a drug from the puffer fish. The zombie is sold to the plantations of Haiti where, he moves throughout his day slow and lethargically performing his duties for his new plantation master. In the...
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...JORIND 10 (2), June, 2012. ISSN 1596 - 8308. www.transcampus.org./journals, www.ajol.info/journals/jorind NOLLYWOOD MOVIES ANDNIGERIAN YOUTHS-AN EVALUATION J. O.Nnabuko Department of Marketing. University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus,Nigeria and Tina C. Anatsui Department of Mass Communication. Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Nigeria E-mail: chinyere_06@yahoo.com+234-805-2422-918 Abstract This paper is an advocacys on the impacts of Nollywood movies as the two-edge sword for the national development. It contends that its establishment has helped greatly in developing talents, and serves as a medium of entertainment and communication. It also highlights various critics that praised the ability of Nollywood industry in the past, and expresses concern on the reverse focus on the negative themes and its negative impact on youth behaviour and the image of Nigeria. The qualitative and quantitative data analysis based on the empirical secondary and primary data were employed. The data collected on both were presented in tabular form and analyzed using simple percentages. Purposive random sampling technique and questionnaire as an instrument were used during the class-meeting. Keywords: Nollywood, behavior, youths, movies Introduction Film was introduced into Nigeria in the 1900’s by the British colonialist who used it for propaganda purposes, while the church used it to spread the Gospel.The Colonial Administration and the Church saw film not only as a medium...
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