Using Murder: The Social Construction of Serial Homicide

ISBN-13: 9780202305257 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 272 str.

Philip Jenkins

Opis

In assessing the concern that popular fears and stereotypes have exaggerated the actual scale of multiple homicides, Jenkins has produced an innovative synthesis of approaches to social problem construction that includes an historical and social-scientifi c estimate of the objective scale of serial murder; a rhetorical analysis of the construction of the phenomenom in public debate; and a cultural studies-oriented analysis of the portrayal of serial murder in contemporary media.

Spis treści

Contents: 1. The construction of problems and panics 2. The reality of serial murder 3. The role of the Justice Department 4. Popular culture: images of the serial killer 5. Serial murder as modern mythology 6, The social critique the kind of society we have now 7. Everyman: serial murder as 'femicide' 8. The racial dimension: serial mider as bias crime 9. A homosexual who could strikie again 10. Darker than we imagine: cults and conspiracies 11. Conclusion: making and establishing claims

O autorze

Philip Jenkins