Manufacturing white criminals: Depictions of criminality and violence on Law & Order

Rotten, Vile, and Depraved! Depictions of Criminality in Superhero Cartoons

The literature argues that media depictions of crime present messages that conform to and promote the dominant ideology about the causes of crime and the nature of criminality. Most research focuses on television news and adult programs, but little research examines messages about criminality present in children’s shows. To fill this gap, a content analysis of children’s cartoons was conducted,...

Criminality, insanity and the law.

Violence among Psychiatric Patients and Criminals

Agressive behaviour is a part of basic human nature. It is an adaptive behaviour having its origin in genetically coded neural mechanisms that are acted upon by hormonal and psychosocial factors. It has multiple determinants whose manifestations and effects vary with age, sex and culture. Aggressive behaviour promotes the survival of the individual as well as the social groups. However, in the ...

“Why So Serious?” Threat, Authoritarianism, and Depictions of Crime, Law, and Order in Batman Films

Drawing on research on authoritarianism, this study analyzes the relationship between levels of threat in society and representations of crime, law, and order in mass media, with a particular emphasis on the superhero genre. Although the superhero genre is viewed as an important site of mediated images of crime and law enforcement, cultural criminologists have been relatively quiet about this f...

White Collar Criminals: The State of Knowledge

White collar crime is the least studied and the least understood crime type in comparison to traditional crime types. This review highlights the recent developments in the state of knowledge over the white collar criminals. The review concerns the topics of demography, motivation for offending and career criminality among white collar criminals. It compiles the international results (mainly Wes...