EAN: 9783030048754

PALGRAVE STUDIES IN CRIME MEDIA AND CULTURE S...

This book examines the media and cultural responses to the awful crimes of Brady and Hindley 
whose murders provided a template for future media reporting on serial killers. It explores a
wide variety of topics relating to the Moors Murders case including: the historical and
geographical context of the murders  the reporting of the case and the unique features which
have become standard for other murder cases e.g. nicknames for the serial killers  and it
discusses the nature of evil and psychopaths and how they are represented in film  drama 
novels and art. It also questions the ethics of the ¿serial killing industry¿ and how the
modern cultural fixation on celebrity has extended to serial killers  and it explores the
impact on the journalists and police officers from being involved in such cases including some
interviews with them. The treatment of Brady and Hindley by the media also raises profound
questions about the nature of punishment including the links between mental illness and crime
and whether there is ever the prospect of redemption. This book draws on cultural studies 
criminology  sociology and socio-legal studies to offers a multi-dimensional analysis of the
impact of this case and then uses this as a basis for the analysis of more recent cases such as
the crimes of Peter Sutcliffe and Harold Shipman.

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