Revisiting the Yorkshire Ripper Murders Histories of Gender, Violence and Victimhood /

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...

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Main Author: Wattis, Louise (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:Palgrave Studies in Victims and Victimology
Subjects:
Victimology.
Critical criminology.
Violence.
Crime.
Culture.
Gender.
Mass media and crime.
Great Britain-History.
ISBN:9783030013851
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: The 'Yorkshire Ripper' Case: Exploring Recent Crime History
  • 2. Locating the 'Yorkshire Ripper': A Crime of Time and Place?
  • 3. Structural and Cultural Perspectives on Serial Murder
  • 4. Feminist Histories and the Sutcliffe Murders
  • 5. Remembering and Representing Victims through Research
  • 6. Popular Criminological Representations of the Sutcliffe Case
  • 7. Conclusion: Applying a Feminist Creative Approach to Crime History .

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