Analysis of Effects of Media Presentation of Crimes Committed by Women and Crimes Commited Against Women/Judical Implications

Pavićević, Olivera and Ilijić, Ljeposava (2017) Analysis of Effects of Media Presentation of Crimes Committed by Women and Crimes Commited Against Women/Judical Implications. In: Međunarodni naučni tematski skup "Pravosuđe i mediji", Palić, 8-9. jun 2017. Institut za kriminološka i sociološka istraživanja, Beograd, pp. 239-256. ISBN 978-86-83287-97-0

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Abstract

Media presentation of crime leads to changes of its social and emotional perception. Although in criminology there is a multitude of literature on the link between crime and media, there is still a lack of research on how media present women offenders. On the other hand, the phenomenon of violent women is a neglected social problem, while at the same time it presents a sensation in the media. As a result of patriarchal constructions, there are analytical data in literature that media differently judge men and women. Sensational approach to female violence as a gender issue neglects causes, essence and consequences primarily contained in the phenomenon of normalization of violence present in the form of a universal phenomenon. The relations of power and gender policy, instead of looking for reasons of violence, become the scene where accountability is avoided for violent acts, where women appear both as perpetrators and as victims. In this paper the authors concentrated on the analysis of media presentation of crimes committed against women and crimes committed by women, considering the role of gender stereotypes, from the aspect of criminological and feminist theories, as well as the aspect of the public. Also, the authors stress that media can give rise to various forms of deviation of the real picture on social phenomena such as simplification, steretypization, sensationalism, but can also turn the attention to certain social phenomena up to the level of alarm. The key issue which remains open is whether the rise of criminal acts committed by women is generated by disclosure of the hidden female criminality, which, because of changes in criminal policy and police work, disproportionally raises their number, or it is the product of some other factors.

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