True Crime: Key Themes and Perspectives

by Martin King, Ian Cummins, Louise Wattis

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1529238196
• ISBN13: 9781529238198
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Length: 240 Pages