True crime is a huge cultural industry: media organisations use crime stories to push sales and clicks. Yet behind this phenomenon lies the real-life victims and a disconnect between the representation of violent crime and its reality.
This book is a go-to guide for students and researchers in understanding the development of this phenomenon and its social and cultural impacts. Through case studies including Lucy Letby, the Yorkshire Ripper and Fred and Rosemary West, the book considers true crime’s ethical implications and its wider influence on crime and punishment.
Tabella dei contenuti
Foreword
1.Introduction
2.True Crime – a history
3.Consuming True Crime
4.Using True Crime to explore theoretical perspectives
5.True Crime and Punishment
6.The Ethics of True Crime
7.True Crime / True Detectives
Case Studies section
8.A True Crime case study: The murder of Meredith Kercher
9.Fear of Masks: Reading Gordon Burn
10.They Walk Among Us.
11.Conclusion
Circa l’autore
Ian Cummins is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Salford University. He qualified as a probation officer and subsequently worked as a mental health social worker. His research interests including the history of community care and mental health issues in the CJS. His most recent work has focused on poverty, inequality and advanced marginality.Altri ebook dello stesso autore / Editore
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