ABSTRACT
The
study was concerned with the finding out the Impact of Mass Media in Reducing
Crime in the Society with Ibadan South West Local Government as the case study.
Research shows that mass media play a crucial role in crime reduction in
society through educative and enlightenment programmes while mass media need to
partner with other stakeholders in ensuring crime free society. Therefore the
study was divided into five chapters. Chapter one focuses on the background to
the study, statement of the problem, research questions objective of the study,
significance of study, scope of the study and it does not leave out the
historical background of the case study. Chapter two however revolved on the
meaning of mass media, forms of mass media, meaning of crime, causes of crime,
effect of crime, constitution and criminal law e. t. c. Chapter three present the methodology through
which this study was been carried out. Survey research method was adopted for
the purpose of the study and questionnaire was used as the main instrument of
eliciting information from the respondents, 100 copies were printed and
distributed while 90 copies were retrieved.
