Naming, shaming and criminal justice: Mass-mediated humiliation as entertainment and punishment

Crime, Media, Culture

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 188-205

  Kohm, Steven A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

Humiliation; Internet; Media; Predators; Vigilantism

Indexed keywords

EID: 74349122442     PISSN: 17416590     EISSN: 17416604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741659009335724     Document Type: Review

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