I want to be Ocean's 14th, just that i want to have no ties to the illegal goings-on

Day dreaming on the bus the other day, I got to thinking about how much easier life would be as a criminal; I'd hardly ever have to work hard, and I'd be living far more comfortably than my society-contributing, law-abiding counterparts.
I had it all planned out, I'd plan elaborate heists - surrounded by other such suave and sophisticated people as myself - before outsourcing to all of the work to fellow criminals that would prevent me from getting my hands dirty and would allow me to get richer, whilst doing nothing (much like the way of a franchise).

Only later did I remember that there were legal repercussions for criminal behaviour and that it would be only too easy to get caught. I put all of this daydreaming down to me having watched Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's Eleven the night before. In this movie, much like many other crime-idolising movies, we see a grand crime get pulled off which leaves the criminals reaping huge benefits and living grand and lavish lives, whilst the threat of the justice system is very minuscule if not diminished entirely.

Sarah Coyne has written on this topic previously, concluding that there is a strong and unmistakeable – though somewhat slow - correlation between the rise of criminal behaviour since the introduction of television. Many studies previous to hers have shown conflicting numbers in their studies of criminal statistics but the grand majority of those do tend to illustrate a steady pattern; two particularly famous instances are the brutal murder of James Bulger, and the Columbine High School Massacre – both of which have been largely attributed to the influence of violent movies, and video games.

Just as such medias make crime appear entertaining, they conversely blur the lines of “official police business” and entertainment; shows such as COPS are a particularly relevant example of this as it does it's best to portray the criminals as buffoons and thus, make the entire scenario in which they find themselves in, rather humorous. Judge Judy plays a similar role in the civil crime field as it too makes entertainment of what should be serious matters before a sanctioned judge that is vested power officially.

Shows such as this detract from the overall image of the police and in the greater scheme of things, the entire justice system as they undermine it's ability to hit back at those which commit wrong-doings, and even make a mockery of those that are employed to uphold it.