'No emotion, no sympathy': The visual construction of Maxine Carr

Crime, Media, Culture

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-71

  Jones, Phil J ^a   Wardle, Claire ^b  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crime; Newspapers; Soham; Visual analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 61149683611     PISSN: 17416590     EISSN: 17416604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741659007087271     Document Type: Article

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