Elizabeth Yardley

Social media homicide confessions

Stories of killers and their victims

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The relationship between crime and social media has become an increasingly important topic in a networked world. However, the use of social media in relation to violent crime is little understood. This unique book, by an expert in the field, addresses this gap by analysing what those involved in homicide do with social media. Using three international cases in which perpetrators confessed to homicide on social media, it investigates the practices of those involved, providing a groundbreaking conceptual framework of use to criminologists. It argues that such confessions convey important insights not only into the individual offender but also… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-4473-2804-9
EAN: 9781447328049
Produktnummer: 23916775
Verlag: Policy Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Seitenangabe: 201 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 935 KB
Auflage: 1. Auflage

Über den Autor

Elizabeth Yardley is Professor of Criminology and Director of the Centre for Applied Criminology at Birmingham City University. Her research explores homicide and violence, with a particular focus on networked media in and around these crimes. She is the creator and host of Crime Bites Podcast and has successfully publicised her research to a wide range of people via her blogposts on contemporary criminological issues at http://blogs.bcu.ac.uk/views/author/id113382/ She tweets as @ProfLizYardley