Gender, true crime and criminology : offenders, victims and ethics

Interest in true crime as a form of popular entertainment has sky-rocketed in recent years. Drawing on this current popularity and its significance in the context of digital culture, Gender, True Crime and Criminology challenges traditional definitions of the genre, expanding representations of vict...

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Main Author Wattis, Louise (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2024.
SeriesEmerald studies in popular culture and gender.
Subjects
Criminology > Social aspects.
Criminology > Moral and ethical aspects.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781804553626
DOI10.1108/9781804553602
Physical Description1 online resource (136 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction: Gender, true crime and criminology
  • Chapter 2. Gender and true crime: Women, murder, feminism and therapy
  • Chapter 3. True crime, male audiences and the digital hardman
  • Chapter 4. Football's darkest secret: Sexual abuse, elite sport, masculinity and victimhood
  • Chapter 5. Sexual violence and true crime: Exposing power and injustice in the longform docuseries
  • Chapter 6. True crime's staple: Reflecting on murdered woman in news and popular culture
  • Chapter 7. Conclusion: True crime's ethical dilemmas.

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