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The Subject in Peril
Published 2011-05-17
What follows is an introduction to my forthcoming doctoral research regarding the portrayal of the subject and object of fear in road safety public education campaigns. The objective of this particular paper is to situate ...
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(Re)Gendering Violence: Men, Masculinities and Violence
Published 2011-05-17
This paper focuses on constructions of violence, in particular the ways in which violence is constructed as a social problem in and through policy discourses. Inspired by an earlier study into the ways in which practitioners, ...
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‘Damaged Goods’: Riskiness and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Young People’s Interactions with Police
Published 2011-05-17
For some time now, research has suggested lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) young people are ‘at-risk’ of victimisation and legally ‘risky’. Relatively few studies have examined how ‘risk factor’ research ...
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Social Networking Sites and Crime: Is Facebook more than just a Place to Procrastinate?
Published 2011-05-17
This paper analyses the most popular social networking website (SNS)2—Facebook—and its engagement with crime. Through media analysis of several Australian and international newspapers and using case studies, the paper ...
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Curiosity Killed the M-Cat: an Examination of Illicit Drugs and Media
Published 2011-05-17
Using mainstream media communication theories, this article outlines different mechanisms by which media can impact on public perceptions of drugs and crime. The media can set the agenda and define public interest; frame ...
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‘This is Africa’: Filmic Negotiations of Crime, Justice and Global Responsibility
Published 2011-05-17
Film is a significant medium through which Western audiences learn about crime and suffering occurring beyond their national borders. On this basis, this article critically reflects on the ‘knowledge’ of criminal violence ...
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Securing Nightlife: Media Representations of Public and Private Policing
Published 2011-05-17
There is ongoing ambivalence concerning door staff and crowd controllers in the night-time economy (NTE). Expanded private security is often acknowledged as a legitimate solution to the fear people experience in relation ...
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Felon Fights: Masculinity, Spectacle and Suffering
Published 2011-05-17
Felony Fights is a website and set of DVDs depicting ‘no rules’ combat between male former convicts and a range of opponents. In these, the spectacle of violence serves to obscure the profoundly unequal relations of power ...
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Discourse of ‘Dysfunction’: Sentencing Narratives and the Construction of Indigenous Offending
Published 2011-05-17
Using a narrative analysis of judges sentencing remarks in South Australian higher courts, we explore whether broader discourses ‘dysfunction’ ‘disorganisation’, ‘deprivation’ and ‘pathology’ impact understandings of ...
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Made to Order: A Preliminary Review of Crime Risk Assessments in New South Wales, Australia
Published 2011-05-17
In 2001, guidelines were introduced in New South Wales (NSW) to ensure that proposed developments/redevelopments of the built environment reflected key crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) principles. The ...
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