Over the years, researchers and law enforcement professionals have tried to achieve
uniformity in the use of the term “serial murder,” but such efforts have rather proved futile …

Despite the longstanding public and media fascination with the modern 'serial killer', the
academic literature is relatively limited. The international field is dominated by individualistic …

Direct, interpersonal violence is a pervasive, yet often mundane feature of our day-to-day
lives; paradoxically, violence is both ordinary and extraordinary. Violence, in other words, is …

Transgressive Imaginations focuses upon the breaking of rules and taboos involved in
'doing crime', including violent crime, as represented in fictive texts and ethnographic …

Across media, academy and popular culture in western societies there is much talk of an
implosion of the modern gender order. Education is often presented as a key site in which a …

The Canadian approach to assisted dying, Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), as of early
2024, is assessed for its ability to protect patients from criminal healthcare serial killing …

To explain why the lives of famous people such as Rihanna, Madonna, David Beckham,
Kate Middleton, Kareena Kapoor, Jennifer Lawrence, One Direction, or Miley Cyrus have …

There is a deep and persistent cultural fascination with the macabre–public executions, true
crime books, slasher films, and sites of violence attract large audiences. Although serial and …

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 …

Twenty-three offenders convicted of homicide or attempted murder/manslaughter, and their
respective crimes, were examined to identify any common characteristics. Court documents …