The Diminished Figure of the Serial Killer in a Confession

Louise Wattis

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-17812-2_3

The Diminished Figure of the Serial Killer in a Confession

Louise Wattis^*

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Historically, the discipline of criminology has been concerned with offenders and the causes of crime. Criminology’s specific focus on victims, via the sub-discipline of victimology, began in the 1940s with the work of Hans Von Hentig but it gathered momentum in the wake of second wave feminism in the 1970s and feminist influences on criminology. These cultural phenomena helped to identify and refocus attention onto male violence against women and the shortcomings associated with legal and criminal justice responses to domestic and sexual violence. Responding to criticisms that radical criminology did not acknowledge victims of crime, left realist criminologists in the 1990s began to explore the impact crime had in urban areas, including a focus on victims of crime, disorder, and incivilities.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Serial Killing on Screen
Subtitle of host publication	Adaptation, True Crime and Popular Culture
Editors	Sarah E. Fanning, Claire O’Callaghan
Place of Publication	Cham, Switzerland
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Pages	57-77
Number of pages	21
ISBN (Electronic)	9783031178122
ISBN (Print)	9783031178115, 9783031178146
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17812-2_3
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2022

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Name	Palgrave Studies in Crime, Media and Culture
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
ISSN (Print)	2946-3912
ISSN (Electronic)	2946-3920

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The Diminished Figure of the Serial Killer in a Confession. / Wattis, Louise.
Serial Killing on Screen : Adaptation, True Crime and Popular Culture. ed. / Sarah E. Fanning; Claire O’Callaghan. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. p. 57-77 (Palgrave Studies in Crime, Media and Culture).

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