An evil monster and a poor thing: Female violence in the media

Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 50-72

  Berrington, Eileen ^a   Honkatukia, Päivi ^b  

^a EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

'Mad' And 'BAD' Women; Female Violence; News; Rosemary West; Sanna Sillanpaa

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845355094     PISSN: 14043858     EISSN: 16512340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/140438502762467209     Document Type: Article

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