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TV reporting of crime
TV reporting of crime refers to the way in which television news and current affairs programmes report crime. TV news will focus more on crimes that have the possibility of drawing in an audience. The use of images of crime scenes, photographs of victims and criminals and the editing of programmes can all influence how the audience perceives the crime. Other visuals such as graphic reconstructions or filming scenes where victims may have been, are also used to attract the audience’s attention. Current affairs programmes may also investigate forms of crime, particularly corporate crime, state crime and white-collar crime, in a journalistic capacity. Examples of this include investigations by the BBC programme Panorama into the process of money laundering funds associated with organised crime through UK banks.