Gray, D. (2013) Gang crime and the media in late nineteenth-century London: the Regent’s Park murder of 1888. Cultural and Social History. 10(4), pp. 559-575. 1478-0038.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Abstract: | This article will offer a fresh perspective on media attitudes towards working-class youth in late Victorian London by looking in detail at a case study of violent youth crime. It offers an analysis of gang crime in the late nineteenth-century capital and explores the use of class and stereotyping in the reporting of working-class youth. It considers the extent to which the problems of violent youth gangs were manipulated by the press to portray the capital as a ‘city out of control’. Finally it will argue that these contemporary representations of youth helped create a fear that exaggerated the threat posed by gangs |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Gangs, crime, Regent's Park, London, newspapers, moral panic |
| Subjects: |
H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology > HV6001 Criminology > HV6251 Crimes and offences > HV6535 Murder P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN4699 Journalism. The periodical press, etc. D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain > DA670 Local history and description > DA675 London H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology > HV6001 Criminology > HV6774 Crimes and criminal classes > HV6950.L7 London |
| Creators: | Gray, Drew |
| Publisher: | Arnold Publishers |
| Faculties, Divisions and Institutes: |
University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > School of Social Sciences (to 2016) University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Faculty of Education & Humanities > History Faculties > Faculty of Education & Humanities > History |
| Date: | 1 December 2013 |
| Date Type: | Publication |
| Page Range: | pp. 559-575 |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Cultural and Social History |
| Volume: | 10 |
| Number: | 4 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.2752/147800413X13727009732209 |
| ISSN: | 1478-0038 |
| Status: | Published / Disseminated |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| URI: | http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/5415 |
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