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legitimate the power of the forces that be and show the powerless that they must stay in their places or be destroyed.369
Since “researchers have found that 95 percent of those polled cited the mass media as their primary source of information about crime,” one can therefore infer that the media can assist in modifying the image of both minorities and hoaxers alike.370
The public representation of Blackness is a distorted one. The media as well as the academic community are largely responsible for this caricature. Blacks are routinely portrayed as marginal, deviant members of society. The expectations to these portrayals have been insufficient to alter the public’s perception. These deeply rooted images are clearly holdovers from slavery. Our public language on race and crime makes it difficult to combat these stereotypical images.371
The media is strategically placed to reinforce positive images of minority groups, thereby diminishing or deleting negative stereotypes. If this is true, then the media is also positioned to expose the negativity of the viper, creating a well-earned stigma. With such damaging publicity, public outrage may pressure legislators to respond with remedies.
The cases outlined here show that racial hoaxes are not limited to black-on-white or white-on-black and that the repercussions for either are a losing proposition for all. Racial hoaxes, like attention getters and hate crime hoaxes require swift and adequate prosecution, punishment and restitution. Legislation is required to deter future crimes, punish those who commit the acts, and require full restitution for all public and private resources wasted as a result of a hoax. If the number of hoaxes
369 Coramae Richey Mann & Marjorie S. Zatz, Images of Color, Images of Crime, Readings, Roxbury Publishing Co., Los Angeles, California, 1998, “Stereotyping by the Media, Murders, Rapists and Drug Addicts,” by Dennis M. Rome.
370 Ibid.
371 Lewis Diuguid and Adrienne Rivers, “The Media and the Black Response,” The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, The American Academy of Political and Social Science, 569 Annals 120, May 2000.
Object Description
| Title | An argument for the criminal hoax |
| Author | Pellegrini, Laura A. |
| Author email | user1963@yahoo.com; teachpolsci@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Political Science |
| School | College of Letters, Arts and Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-08-20 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2008-10-13 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Renteln, Alison Dundes |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Wong, Janelle S. Newland, Chester A. |
| Abstract | Hoaxes are part of the fabric of history. While many provide humor and lighthearted joy, the criminal hoax does not. To date, researchers have included aspects of the criminal hoax in larger academic works. This is an original typology that sets forth the criminal hoax as a distinct part of the larger field of law and public policy. This work provides newly created definitions including four distinct categories of hoaxes: the monetary hoax, the attention getter hoax, the hate crime hoax and the racial hoax. It further illustrates these types with actual detailed accounts of hoaxes and provides insights to each one. It makes policy recommendations concerning the four categories of needs: 1. legislative action, 2. a nationwide statistical database of hoax events, 3. media involvement, and 4. law enforcement training and action to deal with criminal hoaxes. Finally, it recommends further research to identify the causes and motivations of vipers. The ultimate goal of this project is to find ways to eliminate criminal hoaxes. |
| Keyword | criminal hoax; hoax categories |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1659 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Pellegrini, Laura A. |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Pellegrini-2397 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume26/etd-Pellegrini-2397.pdf |
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| Title | Page 136 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 130 legitimate the power of the forces that be and show the powerless that they must stay in their places or be destroyed.369 Since “researchers have found that 95 percent of those polled cited the mass media as their primary source of information about crime,” one can therefore infer that the media can assist in modifying the image of both minorities and hoaxers alike.370 The public representation of Blackness is a distorted one. The media as well as the academic community are largely responsible for this caricature. Blacks are routinely portrayed as marginal, deviant members of society. The expectations to these portrayals have been insufficient to alter the public’s perception. These deeply rooted images are clearly holdovers from slavery. Our public language on race and crime makes it difficult to combat these stereotypical images.371 The media is strategically placed to reinforce positive images of minority groups, thereby diminishing or deleting negative stereotypes. If this is true, then the media is also positioned to expose the negativity of the viper, creating a well-earned stigma. With such damaging publicity, public outrage may pressure legislators to respond with remedies. The cases outlined here show that racial hoaxes are not limited to black-on-white or white-on-black and that the repercussions for either are a losing proposition for all. Racial hoaxes, like attention getters and hate crime hoaxes require swift and adequate prosecution, punishment and restitution. Legislation is required to deter future crimes, punish those who commit the acts, and require full restitution for all public and private resources wasted as a result of a hoax. If the number of hoaxes 369 Coramae Richey Mann & Marjorie S. Zatz, Images of Color, Images of Crime, Readings, Roxbury Publishing Co., Los Angeles, California, 1998, “Stereotyping by the Media, Murders, Rapists and Drug Addicts,” by Dennis M. Rome. 370 Ibid. 371 Lewis Diuguid and Adrienne Rivers, “The Media and the Black Response,” The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, The American Academy of Political and Social Science, 569 Annals 120, May 2000. |
