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Organized around the intersecting social divisions of class, race, age, and gender, the book provides an engaging and authoritative overview of the nature of victimisation in society. In addition to a review of the major theoretical developments in relation to understanding aspects of victimization in society, individual chapters explore the political and social context of victimisation and the historical, comparative, and contemporary research and scholarly work on it. Each chapter includes the following:- Background and glossary- Theory, research and policy review - `Thinking critically about...' sections- Reflections and future research directions- Summary and conclusions- Annotated bibliographyVictims, Crime and Society is the essential text on victims for students of criminology, criminal justice, community safety, youth justice and related areas.
News Media, Victims and Crime
News Media, Victims and Crime
- Chapter Aims
- Introduction
- News Media and the ‘Ideal Victim’
- Newsworthiness, Crime and Criminal Victimization
- Newsworthiness, Crime Victims and the Importance of the Visual
- Newsworthiness, Crime Victims and Institutional Failure
- Under-Representing Victims of Crime
- Over-Representing Victims of Crime
- Misrepresenting Victims of Crime
- Summary
- Annotated Bibliography
- Note
- References
Chapter Aims
- To problematize media representations of crime and criminal victimization.
- To discuss methods of researching criminal victimization and media coverage.
- To assess media representations of different forms of criminal victimization.
Introduction
The definition of who may legitimately claim victim status is profoundly influenced by social divisions including class, race, ethnicity, gender, age and sexuality, and, as such, remains a point of contention and debate. Such debates are framed and inflected, to a significant extent, in the news media. This chapter, then, is concerned critically to explore ...
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