Revisiting the Yorkshire Ripper Murders: Histories of Gender, Violence and Victimhood - Couverture souple

Wattis, Louise

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3030405184 ISBN 13 : 9783030405182

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2020

Synopsis

Between 1975 and 1980, Peter Sutcliffe, who became known as the Yorkshire Ripper, murdered 13 women in the North of England. The murders provoked widespread fear amongst women and impacted the public consciousness at both the local and national level. This book revisits the case, applying a feminist and cultural criminological lens to explore a range of criminological concerns relating to gender, violence and victimhood. Combining research findings from oral history interviews, analysis of popular criminological texts and academic commentary, this volume explores what the case can tell us about feminism, fear of crime, gender and serial murder and the representation of victims and sex workers. The volume contributes to a creative cultural criminology, highlighting how excavating recent criminal history and reading across texts presents new ways for understanding violence, gender and representation in the contemporary context.  

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Louise Wattis is a senior lecturer in Criminology and Sociology in the Department of Criminology, Law and Policing at Teesside University, UK.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3030405184
• ISBN 13: 9783030405182
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 188
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