Copycat Crime

Copycat Crime

EnglishEbook
Jacqueline B. Helfgott, Helfgott
Bloomsbury Publishing (USA)
EAN: 9781440864216
Available online
CZK 1,472
Common price CZK 1,635
Discount 10%
pc

Detailed information

Details the new phenomena of copycat crime inspired by technology and the hyperreality fueled in some people by digital culture and video games.Across her 30-year career in criminology, author Jacqueline Helfgott has watched with fascination and fear as the world has shifted from a place where one-dimensional televised news each evening and newspapers bought each morning provided the only information on crimes and killings. Now, nonstop, instant global news coverage on 24-hour television and the internet enables people to see and replay not only crime, violence, terrorism, and murder coverage provided by journalists in real time, but also Facebook and YouTube feeds filmed by the criminals themselves while perpetrating the crimes.In this riveting text about the consequences of our technical, digital, and cultural changes, Helfgott focuses on how these advances are perpetuating this era's new and more massively deadly acts. The book intertwines vignettes from current events, perpetrator statements, police reports, and current research to show how copycat crimes are linked to media, technology, and our digital culture. Concluding with recommendations to reduce the criminogenic effects of media, technology, and digital culture, this book also includes an appendix listing technology- and media-influenced copycat crimes.
EAN 9781440864216
ISBN 1440864217
Binding Ebook
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing (USA)
Publication date July 27, 2023
Pages 360
Language English
Country United States
Authors Jacqueline B. Helfgott, Helfgott