Beschreibung:
First published in 1994, this book assesses the concern that popular fears and stereotypes have exaggerated: the actual scale of multiple homcide. The volume includes a rhetorical analysis of the contruction of the phenomenom in public debate; a cultural studies-oriented analysis of the portrayal of serial murder in contemorary media.
Contents: 1. The construction of problems and panics 2. The reality of serial murder 3. The role of the Justice Department 4. Popular culture: images of the serial killer 5. Serial murder as modern mythology 6, The social critique "the kind of society we have now" 7. Everyman: serial murder as 'femicide' 8. The racial dimension: serial mider as bias crime 9. "A homosexual who could strikie again" 10. "Darker than we imagine": cults and conspiracies 11. Conclusion: making and establishing claims