News Media, Victims and Crime

Greer, Chris

doi:10.4135/9781446212202.n2

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“…It is logical to include in this discussion that the constant exposure to constructions of the criminal Other and finding people who match those depictions within their neighborhood can also manipulate this subjective sense of risk. Thus, it is not surprising to find that substantial literature exists which demonstrates that marginalization, particularly marginalization based on race, and FOC are linked (Greer, 2007;Larson, 2006;Miller, Like, & Levin, 2006). A relationship between FOC and the racial composition of place has been widely assumed in social science literature (Chiricos, McEntire, & Gertz, 2001), as studies have shown that the presence of minority groups in a neighborhood affects fear levels far more than actual crime statistics (Chiricos, Hogan, & Gertz, 1997;Liska, Lawrence, & Sanchirico, 1982;Rader, May, & Goodrum, 2007;Skogan, 1995).…”

Section: Fear Of Crime As a Key Environmental Determinant Of Mental Hmentioning

confidence: 99%

Scared Sick

Collins

Marrone

2015

Sage Open

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The factors that determne the health and well-being of older populations are increasingly recognized as critical public health issues. The focus of this review article is to provide evidence for the role of fear of crime in determining the mental health of older populations. The fear of crime is a complex construct, as the vast majority of fear is not related to actual rates of victimization. Here, we synthesize the literature on fear of crime and how the physical and social environment can profoundly affect mental health outcomes. The review presents some plausible physiological mechanisms by which fear of crime may directly or indirectly affect the life span development of the brain to modulate mental health in an effort to aid further development of research in this area.

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Section: Fear Of Crime As a Key Environmental Determinant Of Mental Hmentioning

confidence: 99%

Scared Sick

Collins

Marrone

2015

Sage Open

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“…This is reflected in the statistics regarding the reporting of crime: Greer (2003) states that crimes involving violence and sex together constitute 2.4% of real crime, but 45.8% of newspaper coverage. The media is prominent in shaping the public's perception of issues, and Greer (2007) suggests that the media influences the public's attitude towards offenders. This can lead to misconceptions and sensationalised reporting.…”

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confidence: 99%

Male and female murderers in newspapers: Are they portrayed differently?

2016

Fields: Journal of Huddersfield Student Research

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This research aims to identify any similarities and differences in the reporting of male and female murderers in broadsheet and tabloid newspapers. In order to gain a stronger insight into the issue, two case studies have been selected, one male and one female.Through the method of thematic analysis, this article examines how the female serial murderer Joanna Dennehy was represented compared with the male serial murderer Stephen Griffiths in a selection of articles from national newspapers. During this process, reoccurring themes were discovered that are discussed in the analysis. These themes are 'labelling' and 'blaming others'. 'Labelling' is divided into subthemes of 'mental illness' and 'sexualisation and de-humanisation'.The aforementioned themes are discussed in the analysis. It was found that the gender of a serial murderer does dictate how they are portrayed in tabloid newspapers. This is also true for broadsheet newspapers to a lesser extent. For example, this research shows that Joanna Dennehy is represented as mentally ill, whereas this is not as prominent for Stephen Griffiths, despite him committing similar acts. Furthermore, Dennehy is de-humanised in both types of newspaper, although to a greater degree in tabloid newspapers. It was discovered that Griffiths was not subjected to the same de-humanisation.These findings concur with previous research outlined in the literature review, though the themes mentioned in the discussion do not occur as blatantly as some researchers suggest they do for other female murderers in the media.

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“…This is particularly significant to note when the context and usage of the aforementioned photographs is considered, as each were the most dominant images of Vanessa George used in a news media context. Many scholars suggest that it is arguably the visual that increasingly shapes our engagement with and understanding of key issues related to crime and crime control (Greer, 2007;Hayward & Presdee, 2010;Rafter, 2014). It is therefore argued in this paper that the connotative ability of photographs to draw upon broad, symbolic systems (Barthes, 1977) served to produce a gendered and at times monstrous image of George, which thus reinforced a partial, prejudicial and mythological image of female child sex offenders, rather than attempting to encapsulate a more nuanced explanation.…”

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“…With this in mind, this paper applies a critical and reflexive approach to the visual construction of Vanessa George, challenging conventional criminological approaches,which privilege the written text over the spectacle of the image (Young, 2011;Pink, 2007;Hayward & Presdee, 2010). Greer (2007) stresses that a lack of a firm methodological approach and understanding regarding the visual representation of crime can potentially result in criminologists ignoring key aspects regarding the social engagement and subsequent interpretation and understanding of crime and deviance at a public level:…”

Section: Visual Construction Of Female Criminalsmentioning

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(The Good), The Bad and The Ugly: The Visual Construction of Female Child Sex-offenders

Barlow¹,

Lynes²

2015

JMC

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This paper explores the visual construction and representation of female sex offenders. It utilises the case study of Vanessa George, a nursery worker who was involved in the exchange of indecent imagery of children via an online paedophile ring. The first part of the paper considers the emergence of the sub-discipline, visual criminology and examines what is known about the visual representation of female offenders. The second part presents the findings of an empirical investigation, which involved engaging in a critical, reflexive visual analysis of a selection photographs and the police mugshot of Vanessa George. The paper considers the ways in which George"s physical appearance and her suggested ability to deceive were used to visually represent her as "other", thus reinforcing the existing simplistic motifs of female sex offending.

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News Media, Victims and Crime

Cited by 142 publications

References 27 publications

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Male and female murderers in newspapers: Are they portrayed differently?

(The Good), The Bad and The Ugly: The Visual Construction of Female Child Sex-offenders

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