2019
DOI: 10.1111/soc4.12741
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Abstract: There is a large body of literature examining the media portrayals of white females as both victims and offenders in crime news, but very little is known about how minority females—including Black, Latina, Middle Eastern, Native American, and Asian women and girls—are portrayed in these roles. In this literature review, I discuss general stereotypes surrounding women of color and their depictions within crime news stories as both victims and offenders. An examination of crime news media portrayals of minority … Show more

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“…Gender is not the only demographic, however, that is likely to have influenced this outcome. Women in the sample may have believed that their immigrant and socio-economic statuses might have protected them from the negative stereotypes of Black women as in the United States (Slakoff, 2020; Slakoff & Brennan, 2020). Still, personal previous experience with the criminal justice may have provided evidence to the contrary, that their treatment is more in line with African American women regardless of these other demographic factors.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Gender is not the only demographic, however, that is likely to have influenced this outcome. Women in the sample may have believed that their immigrant and socio-economic statuses might have protected them from the negative stereotypes of Black women as in the United States (Slakoff, 2020; Slakoff & Brennan, 2020). Still, personal previous experience with the criminal justice may have provided evidence to the contrary, that their treatment is more in line with African American women regardless of these other demographic factors.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Thus, the lack of access may be partly the choice of Black women who are immigrants. Undoubtedly, they are also aware of the negative portrayal of Black women in crime news across the United States (Slakoff, 2020; Slakoff & Brennan, 2020). Thus, to understand the intersection of identities and access and benefit from the criminal justice system in the United States, we use a unique sample of female immigrants from Kenya.…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Given a lack of information related to media attention in the NamUs database, the authors were unable to examine the impact of media attention on the outcome of these missing persons' cases. Importantly, research suggests Indigenous lives are systematically ignored in the U.S. mainstream media (Schroedel & Chin, 2020); indeed, in a year-long examination of seven mainstream U.S. newspapers, only one story about an Indigenous woman victim appeared on the front page (as described in Slakoff, 2020). The erasure of Indigenous people's stories is deeply problematic: Research suggests that an accurate and proportional accounting of crime in the media is an important step toward educating the public on the extent of crime-based issues (Sorenson et al, 1998).…”
Section: The Media's Rolementioning
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“…Extant research suggests that missing or victimized non-White women and girls receive less media attention and coverage than their White counterparts (see, for example, Slakoff, 2020; Slakoff & Brennan, 2019; Slakoff & Fradella, 2019). This lack of attention is problematic for Indigenous women and girls because—when a missing person’s case receives media attention—pressure is placed on police to allocate their time and resources to locate the missing individual (Kassab, 2012).…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
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