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True Crime: Key Themes and Perspectives

True Crime: Key Themes and Perspectives - Paperback

by Ian Cummins, Martin King, Louise Wattis
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Availability:In StockContributor:Ian Cummins, Martin King, Louise WattisPublish date:11/18/2025Pages:198
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bristol University PressISBN-13:9781529238198ISBN-10:1529238196UPC:9781529238198Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Criminology, Violence in Society, Media StudiesSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.42 inchesWeight:0.6305Product ID:SCCNBXFYJF

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.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Bristol University PressISBN-13:9781529238198ISBN-10:1529238196UPC:9781529238198Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Criminology, Violence in Society, Media StudiesSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.42 inchesWeight:0.6305Product ID:SCCNBXFYJF

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.


Publisher: Bristol University Press

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Ian Cummins, Martin King, Louise Wattis

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Ian Cummins, Martin King, Louise Wattis

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