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dc.contributor.authorLandor, RV
dc.contributor.authorEisenchlas, SA
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T12:52:51Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T12:52:51Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.date.modified2013-12-03T00:18:47Z
dc.identifier.issn1095-5143
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s12119-012-9134-5
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/49094
dc.description.abstractPublic opinion about sexual abuse of minors is greatly shaped by mass media and the way individual cases are reported. This paper examines Australian print media's representation of sex offenders, focussing particularly on the sex of the offenders and aiming to shed light on some of the misconceptions and deep-rooted prejudices within the population at large. Given the multi-faceted nature of sexual offences, this paper focuses on sexual offences committed by both males and females against minors in the context of a companion breach of duty of care. In order to explore the effect that linguistic tools can have in the Australian print media's way of reporting sexual abuse cases, twenty-nine newspaper articles published in Australian dailies were selected for analysis. The analysis of these articles reveals a marked bias in the manner in which sexual offences perpetrated by males, as opposed to females, are reported, suggesting a male monopoly on sexual abuse. We argue that this biased representation, which hinders adequate profiling of sexual offences against minors, may stem from an androcentric view of sexuality and from the systematic denial of female agency when it comes to sex.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer New York LLC
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom486
dc.relation.ispartofpageto502
dc.relation.ispartofissue4
dc.relation.ispartofjournalSexuality & Culture
dc.relation.ispartofvolume16
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSociology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMedia studies
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCultural studies
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4410
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode470107
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4702
dc.title“Coming Clean” on Duty of Care: Australian Print Media’s Representation of Male Versus Female Sex Offenders in Institutional Contexts
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Languages and Linguistics
gro.rights.copyright© 2012 Springer US. This is an electronic version of an article published in Sexuality & Culture, December 2012, Volume 16, Issue 4, pp 486-502. Sexuality & Culture is available online at: http://link.springer.com/ with the open URL of your article.
gro.date.issued2012
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorEisenchlas, Susana A.


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