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.
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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
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, D.
Publisher:
Arnold Publishers
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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
ISSN:
1478-0038
Status:
Published / Disseminated
Refereed:
Yes
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