True crime podcasts are a newer addition to the media and true crime landscape, and
listenership is steadily growing. While other forms of true crime have been shown to …

This article explores websleuthing, a phenomenon widely discussed and debated in popular
culture but little-researched by criminologists. Drawing upon a review of existing literature …

In this directed qualitative content analysis of four season-long true crime podcasts, the
researcher examined how different types of intimate partner violence (IPV) were portrayed …

Within this article, we explore the emergence of the serialized true crime podcast through an
ultra-realist lens. These representations have become increasingly popular in recent years …

Following Carol Smart's argument that feminists have reason to mistrust legal institutions
and to seek justice elsewhere, this article suggests that contemporary Australian true crime …

Purpose The way in which criminologists understand, contextualise and theorise around the
mediatised world has raised some critical new questions. The purpose of this paper is to …

Working broadly from the perspective of cultural criminology, Crime, Media and Culture
engages with theories and debates about the nature of media-audience relations, examines …

Purpose Intimate partner violence (IPV) impacts the lives of millions, damaging survivors
and families. Many survivors are unsure how to get help, and have limited access to …

Through in-depth qualitative interviews with 16 women who identify as domestic violence
survivors and fans of true crime podcasts, this audience reception study explores why these …

Purpose True crime, a subset of crime-focused media that turns real cases into
entertainment for the public's consumption, regularly features co-victims within their …