Using Murder The Social Construction of Serial Homicide

Name: Using Murder The Social Construction of Serial Homicide
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ISBN: 9780202305257

ISBN-10: 0202305252

ISBN-13: 9780202305257

Edition: 1994

Authors: Philip Jenkins

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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.

Book details

List price: $61.99
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 12/31/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.02" wide x 9.00" long x 0.85" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Philip Jenkins is professor of history and religious studies at Pennsylvania State University. His many books include Pedophiles and Priests: Anatomy of a Social Crisis.



Acknowledgments



The Construction of Problems and Panics



The Reality of Serial Murder



The Role of the Justice Department



Popular Culture: Images of the Serial Killer



Serial Murder as Modern Mythology



The Social Critique: "The Kind of Society We Have Now"



Everyman: Serial Murder as "Femicide"



The Racial Dimension: Serial Murder as Bias Crime



"A Homosexual Who Could Strike Again"



"Darker Than We Imagine": Cults and Conspiracies



Conclusion: Making and Establishing Claims


References


Index