Monsters and angels: Visual press coverage of child murders in the USA and UK, 1930-2000

Journalism

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 263-284

  Wardle, Claire ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Crime; Historical; Newspapers; Paedophilia; Photographs

Indexed keywords

EID: 40549095210     PISSN: 14648849     EISSN: 17413001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1464884907076461     Document Type: Article

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