Media Portrayals of Prison Life and Criminal Justice: A Narrative Literature Review on Shaping Public Perceptions and Policy Implications

Milena Milićević; Nikola Drndarević

doi:10.47152/ziksi2023035

Autori

Milena Milićević Institut za kriminološka i sociološka istraživanja, Beograd, Srbija https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8344-5504
Nikola Drndarević Institut za kriminološka i sociološka istraživanja, Beograd, Srbija https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2557-1056

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47152/ziksi2023035

Ključne reči:

medijski prikazi, zatvorski život, javno mnjenje, percepcija javnosti, medijski stereotipi, filmovi o zatvorima, zatvor, politike krivičnog pravosuđa

Apstrakt

Mediji imaju moćnu ulogu u oblikovanju javnih percepcija zatvora, osuđenika i sistema krivičnog pravosuđa, koje su često negativne i utemeljene na različitim faktorima. Zbog toga je važno kritički analizirati ove prikaze kako bi se steklo dublje razumevanje problematike. Ovaj narativni pregled literature rezimira i analizira postojeću literaturu o različitim prikazima zatvorskog života u različitim medijima. Sveobuhvatnim pregledom literature izdvojene su 33 studije objavljene u protekle tri decenije. Korišćenjem analize sadržaja, identifikovane su četiri teme koje istražuju prikaze zatvora i javno mnjenje: 1) neslaganje, odnosno nepodudaranje medijskih prikaza i stvarnih iskustava u zatvoru; 2) specifičnosti percepcije javnosti, uključujući medijsko predstavljanje; 3) uticaj medija na stavove i uverenja javnosti u vezi sa lišavanjem slobode, resocijalizacijom i kaznenim merama unutar sistema krivičnog pravosuđa; i 4) uticaj na sistem krivičnog pravosuđa i reformu javnih politika. Zaključak je da mediji, putem često kreiranja i održavanja senzacionalističkih i negativnih stereotipa, značajno utiču na stavove javnosti o zatvorima, osuđenicima i krivičnom pravosuđu. Ovakav uticaj, s druge strane, može da ima posledice na pravne postupke i odluke donosilaca javnih politika. Iz tog razloga, važno je naglasiti potrebu za uravnoteženijim prikazima kako bi se podstakle informisane diskusije i postavila pitanja o predrasudama.

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