Sex Crime in the News

by Keith Soothill and Sylvia Walby

Book Overview

First published in 1991, Sex Crime in the News is a unique examination of the nature of sex crime reporting in the press. Analysing examples from forty years of newspaper coverage, the authors provide a systematic study of this controversial topic. The book reveals the misleading and trivializing nature of sex crime coverage, with serious research reports on rape and discussions on law reform being given short shrift. The authors examine...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032461888
• ISBN13: 9781032461885
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 187 Pages