Dissertation/ Thesis
Constructing gender differences: media accounts of female and male youth crime ...
| العنوان: | Constructing gender differences: media accounts of female and male youth crime ... |
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| المؤلفون: | Perverseff, Tara Lee |
| بيانات النشر: | University of Calgary |
| سنة النشر: | 2002 |
| المجموعة: | DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | AC1 .T484 2002 P474 |
| الوصف: | Bibliography: p. 118-129 ... : This thesis examines the social construction of youth crime in the news media. Specifically, the focus is on the differences (and similarities) in newspaper accounts of young female and male offenders and victims. Various themes and images are presented and compared with respect to young victims and offenders. Using qualitative content analysis of newspapers, findings illustrate different images of youthful offenders and victims and how these differences are reflective of their gender status. The media images of youthful offending and victimization vary by sex of the offender and victim. The news media's general commentary on youth crime, for example, the impact of crime on the community, is further considered to present an overall picture of the images of youth crime. From the media's social construction of youth crime, it appears as though youth crime is a serious problem and that images of youth identified in media accounts suggest that crime is pervasive. ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: | master thesis article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | English |
| DOI: | 10.11575/prism/24491 |
| الاتاحة: | https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/prism/24491 https://prism.ucalgary.ca/handle/1880/39341 |
| Rights: | University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission. |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.EC85A40E |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.11575/prism/24491 |
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