At least seeing a film is a less common occurrence and is surrounded by the rituals of filmgoing. TV transforms storytelling from interactive participant to passive consumer. Crime is decontextualised and transformed into plot which is resolved neatly, without consequences. Motive is simplified into the bad, the mad and the misguided. The narrative creates problems.
Most people get their impression of the nature and effectiveness of policing from crime dramas.
These often overstate the effectiveness of the police who usually get the bad guy . The image of authority endorses the status quo. The simplicity of the moral economy of crime drama justifies the violence in the wider community. Sparks study was written in 1983. Divide into four groups of 4-5 members.