Crimewatch “ anayltical deconstruction of the television program This is the link to Crimewatch a TV program on the BBC in the UK.The program should be available after 10pm UK time Introduction “ brief history of the show “ years, viewers, hosts, types of crimes etc Overwhelmingly a particular ˜type’ Teenage girls and young women The elderly Often located in a family context Triangulation Often implicit criticism of victim “ see Suffolk Strangler case Can also be partly to blame for refusing lifts, walking alone in the dark, clothes (too short/tight) CJS also imbed with these implicit censors (SVC theory) Weaver (1998) women accept these gendered narratives and understand that they have a different sense of safety and responsibility for it than men Reassurances that crime is rare backfires as this is disconnected from the content Break paragraphs up into sections of the show, for example “ Paragraph 1 “ A Reconstruction Paragraph 2 “ UK’s most wanted Paragraph 3 “ Cold murder case / Success Story Conclusion *Be ANALYTICAL rather than descriptive Shapes false ideas of crime Gives other offender ideas Compulsive viewing for inmates (see Jewkes 2002) Amuses them to see police struggling Like to see if they can spot their friends Reinforces sense of themselves Blurs distinctions between fact and fiction Show is not unconnected with rise of populist punitiveness, issues in law and order or the growth of victimology (see Schlesinger & Tumber, 1994) Consider BBC guidelines by which reconstructions are governed (Pengelly 1999 or Jewkes 2004, p154) Infotainment “ Sparks 1992 ˜crime scarer’ scenes