Reverse‑cast safety PSAs mislead risk

The article documents German municipal anti‑harassment posters that depict native Germans as the harassers while recent pool‑side assaults were allegedly carried out by recent migrants. This 'reverse casting' may sanitize messaging but also miscommunicates where risk is concentrated, weakening prevention and public trust. — If public campaigns systematically invert offender demographics, institutions may be trading safety and credibility for ideology, reshaping debates over how governments should communicate about crime.