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True Crime


True Crime

Key Themes and Perspectives
1. First Edition

von: Ian Cummins, Martin King, Louise Wattis

CHF 41.00

Verlag: Bristol University Press
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 01.07.2025
ISBN/EAN: 9781529238211
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 240

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Beschreibungen

<p>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. </p>
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<p> 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 the Yorkshire Ripper, Fred and Rosemary West and the murder of Meredith Kercher, the book considers true crime’s ethical implications and its wider influence on crime and punishment.</p>
<p>Foreword </p>
<p> 1.Introduction </p>
<p> 2.True Crime – a history </p>
<p> 3.Consuming True Crime </p>
<p> 4.Using True Crime to explore theoretical perspectives</p>
<p> 5.True Crime and Punishment </p>
<p> 6.The Ethics of True Crime </p>
<p> 7.True Crime / True Detectives</p>
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<p> Case Studies section</p>
<p> 8.A True Crime case study: The murder of Meredith Kercher </p>
<p> 9.Fear of Masks: Reading Gordon Burn </p>
<p> 10.They Walk Among Us. </p>
<p> 11.Conclusion</p>
This book is the go-to guide for students and researchers in understanding the development of the true crime phenomenon and its social and cultural impacts.

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