Mystic River Urban Crime

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There are many atrocities that are committed around the world that are publicized by media and broadcasting. Despite being widely distributed, the media can skew and distort any story. In the movie Mystic River, it is evident that not all barbarities can be unbiasedly distributed and presented such as urban crime. There are other contributing factors that can increase the tendency for urban crime. One of which is urban density and pedestrian urban development, which causes for high traffic and congestion throughout any metropolitan area. Lastly, a tight knit community will also help influence the decisions made by individuals that live in the community. Urban crime is an extensive issue throughout the United States. The way media and broadcasting …show more content…

As seen in Mystic River the neighborhood that Jimmy, Boyle, and Sean grow up in is not upscale by any means. Generally crime rates spike in low income housing neighborhoods yet, most misdemeanors aren’t reported nor televised. For example the murder of Just Ray Harris, along with the murder of Boyle. Neither of those murders were reported nor televised. Thus arising a problem; if no one knows or hears about a crime how is it supposed to be solved or brought to justice. On the other hand if the story is portrayed in a deceiving fashion, it can distort and sway opinion. A great example of this phenomena is portrayed in Mystic River, when Dave Boyle gets framed for Katie Markum’s murder based on witness accounts and investigation reports done by Sean and his partner Whitey Powers. The distorted messages and witness accounts ended up in Boyle’s death. Therefore what is seen, heard, spoken, and absorbed can and will cause people to believe things that may or may not be one hundred percent …show more content…

The only problem is that media and broadcasting can distort images and skip out on detail on any situation making it hard to decipher the real truth from phony, embellished stories to capture attention. Most of the time the media might depict the perpetrator of the crime as a bad person. This is not fair seeing as no one really knows the motives behind the crime, or if there were any contributing factors. Urban crime can be correlated with many contributing factors that will help influence the decision making process of any individual. Some of the factors include; overpopulation and urban development, and a tight knit community. Each contributing factor has its own ways of affecting an individual and can contribute different varieties of components. It is up to the individual of how to handle what he or she is given and surrounded

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