True Crime Key Themes and Perspectives
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Biografisk notat
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. Ian Cummins is Senior Lecturer in the School of Health and Society at Salford University.<p>'An engaging study of the fascination with true crime and the media representation thereof. It offers a detailed examination of some of the most (in)famous examples of crime and criminals.' Ian Marsh, University of Chester</p><p>
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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.
1. Introduction
Part 1: Exploring True Crime
2. A Short History of True Crime
3. Ethics and True Crime
4. True Crime and Punishment
Part 2: Case Studies
5. Norman Mailer’s The Executioner’s Song
6. British Serial Killers on Screen
7. Darkness Doubled: The Bundy Myth
8. Fear of Masks: The Crimes of Peter Sutcliffe
9. True Crime/True Detective
10. True Crime and News Representations of a Femicide in Bulgaria: Narratives of Conspiracy and State Corruption - Katerina Gachevska
11. Lucy Letby - The Vanilla Killer: A Case Study
12. Conclusion