Question

Which of the following is NOT one of the four factors that interact to contribute to the amount of copycat crime in society?

a. The initial crime
b. The criminal
c. Social Media
d. Subsequent media coverage
e. The social context

Answer 1

The social context (Option E)

Step-by-step explanation:

The social context of the crime is not associated with copycat crime. Most crime that are copycats, (i.e A same crime ,done in the same pattern but committed by a different person is an example of copycat crime.) are done due to the criminal figure to the public. Most copycat tend to commit the same crime because of the criminal public figure and this figure is linked to the social media, and the crime , which is the initial crime committed by the first author of such crime. Th social context is not a factor because not all crimes are related in a social context point of view.