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Middle-aged men and women who use tumble-dryers, trebuchets, horses and poisons as their murder weapons in the television series Midsomer Murders are not only unlike real killers but may be undermining public health messages aimed at reducing violence, according to a study led by NHS psychiatrists.
The researchers said that unrealistic TV portrayals of homicides may obscure potential prevention measures, including campaigns to make kitchen knives ? used in six out of 10 real homicides ? safer and less accessible.
The findings have been made public after Sir David Hare and Dame Helen Mirren complained about murders in British crime dramas.
http://www.independent.co.uk/incomi...affecting-public-health-messages-9132121.html
The researchers said that unrealistic TV portrayals of homicides may obscure potential prevention measures, including campaigns to make kitchen knives ? used in six out of 10 real homicides ? safer and less accessible.
The findings have been made public after Sir David Hare and Dame Helen Mirren complained about murders in British crime dramas.
http://www.independent.co.uk/incomi...affecting-public-health-messages-9132121.html