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True Crime
Key Themes and Perspectives
Brief Description
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...
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True Crime
True crime is a huge cultural industry yet behind it lies the real-life victims and a disconnect between representations of violent crime and its reality. This book is a go-to guide for in understanding the development of this phenomenon.
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Description
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.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781529238198
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 21 October 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bristol University Press
Illustration: Not illustrated
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Width: 156.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 198
About the Author
Ian Cummins is Senior Lecturer in the School of Health and Society at the University of Salford.
Martin King is an independent scholar and author.
Louise Wattis is Assistant Professor at Northumbria University.
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