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  "path": "/the-disconnect-between-the-perception-and-the-reality-of-crime-is-not-the-publics-fault/",
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  "textContent": "Public perceptions of crime in Britain are persistently out of step with empirical reality, and sociology offers a rich set of explanations for why this gap endures. Rather than treating public misunderstanding as simple ignorance, sociologists locate it within broader structures of media, power, culture and cognition. A useful starting point is the work of […]\n\nThe post The Disconnect Between the Perception and the Reality of Crime is not the Public’s Fault appeared first on Dorset Eye.",
  "title": "The Disconnect Between the Perception and the Reality of Crime is not the Public’s Fault"
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