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A Victim CommunityConclusion

A Victim Community: Conclusion [Utilising the findings of a two-year qualitative study, this book has looked beneath the surface of the experiences of indirect victims, those who are struggling to come to terms with the most harrowing of events within the glare of the media spotlight. From the outset this study has been an attempt to tell the story of two places—Dunblane and Soham—and their communities that each suffered a serious crime that subsequently became highly mediatised. The central aims of this study at the outset sought firstly to locate those stories within an analysis addressing and questioning the often ‘given’ notions of victimisation, community and identity in late modernity whilst secondly considering the nature and impact of the role of the media in that dynamic. The notion of a ‘victim community’ was introduced as a collective of those who belong to a site where a serious and high-profile crime has taken place. Such a community may be characterised and influenced both by the media itself and its role in coordinating and articulating a social reaction in the wake of certain significant and highly mediatised crimes. As a consequence, some of those within the community may come to acquire (or resist) a collective sense of stigma and spoiled identity.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Victim CommunityConclusion

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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
ISBN
978-3-030-87678-4
Pages
185 –193
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-87679-1_7
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[Utilising the findings of a two-year qualitative study, this book has looked beneath the surface of the experiences of indirect victims, those who are struggling to come to terms with the most harrowing of events within the glare of the media spotlight. From the outset this study has been an attempt to tell the story of two places—Dunblane and Soham—and their communities that each suffered a serious crime that subsequently became highly mediatised. The central aims of this study at the outset sought firstly to locate those stories within an analysis addressing and questioning the often ‘given’ notions of victimisation, community and identity in late modernity whilst secondly considering the nature and impact of the role of the media in that dynamic. The notion of a ‘victim community’ was introduced as a collective of those who belong to a site where a serious and high-profile crime has taken place. Such a community may be characterised and influenced both by the media itself and its role in coordinating and articulating a social reaction in the wake of certain significant and highly mediatised crimes. As a consequence, some of those within the community may come to acquire (or resist) a collective sense of stigma and spoiled identity.]

Published: Dec 14, 2021

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