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 the Yorkshire Ripper, Fred and Rosemary West and the murder of Meredith Kercher, the book considers true crime’s ethical implications and its wider influence on crime and punishment.
- ISBN13 9781529238150
- Publish Date 1 July 2025
- Publish Status Forthcoming
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Bristol University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 240
- Language English