2007
DOI: 10.22230/cjc.2007v32n2a1887
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Victims’ Rights and the Struggle over Crime in the Media

Abstract: This paper seeks to explain how crime victims have become increasingly visible in the criminal justice system and in media portrayals of crime by looking to the U.S. victims' rights movement and its strategic mobilization of a particular construction of "crime victim" into the public sphere. Through analysis of the movement's documentation of its media strategies and new forms of victim-oriented journalistic practice, the paper demonstrates how the movement portrays crime through its construction of crime vict… Show more

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“…Activists have called for recognition of the insensitive and often unethical way media personnel and media coverage approach violent crime victims and families (Levin, 1995; Rentschler, 2007; Roper 1996). Potential survivor victimization and traumatization has led to redefined ethical guidelines for journalists covering violent crimes and catastrophic events (example: Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct, 2000; Simpson and Cote, 2006).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Activists have called for recognition of the insensitive and often unethical way media personnel and media coverage approach violent crime victims and families (Levin, 1995; Rentschler, 2007; Roper 1996). Potential survivor victimization and traumatization has led to redefined ethical guidelines for journalists covering violent crimes and catastrophic events (example: Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct, 2000; Simpson and Cote, 2006).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It appears that the process of mediatization has changed the practices of both judges and lawyers, and the professionals in the legal system are ascribing increasing importance to the response of the media to their actions and decisionmaking processes (Peleg and Bogoch, 2012). However, in spite of the media's focus on covictims (Marsh and Melville, 2009;Reiner et al, 2000;Rentschler, 2007;Wardle, 2007), and media campaigns by victims for recognition, we were unable to find any studies that evaluated how crime victims perceive the impact of the mediatization of the legal sphere on their legal battles.…”
Section: The Victims' Voice In the Mediamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The demands of crime victims to be heard and recognized by both the CJS and the mass media are intertwined (Greer, 2007;Rentschler, 2007;Walklate, 2009). The link between the legal and media discourses stems from long-term processes that have empowered the role of the media and its spillover effects on social institutions, including the legal community (Peleg and Bogoch, 2012).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Y no solo la cobertura del crimen afecta la producción de la noticia, según Rentschler (2007), la cobertura de las noticias sobre delitos se convierte en una forma de terapia narrativa para algunos familiares de las víctimas. Este hallazgo lo obtuvo del estudio que buscó saber cómo las víctimas del crimen se han hecho cada vez más visibles en el sistema criminal de justicia norteamericano y cómo la exposición mediática del crimen en la perspectiva del movimiento por los derechos de las víctimas en EE.UU., han logrado la construcción de la víctima del delito en la esfera pública.…”
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“…A pesar de ello en el análisis de contenidos aparece una contradicción. Es decir, si bien es cierto que el reportero tiene la obligación de recolectar los datos de la víctima esto no quiere decir que, al momento de construir o elaborar la noticia, se le esté dando un trato adecuado, que le proporcione al lector un rostro humano del hecho violento, pues humanizar a la víctima implica de acuerdo conAnastasio y Costa (2004) incluir en el texto de la noticia: rasgos de su personalidad, el origen étnico, los datos de la familia y/o de los amigos que lo conocieron en vida; su profesión o la ocupación, de la que derivaba su sustento; sus aficiones o intereses particulares y el lugar donde vivía.En primer lugar, que el protagonista de la noticia que se encuadra sea la víctima reafirma los hallazgos de la literatura académica, pues segúnRey (2005), el homicidio es el tema que tiene mayor presencia en los diarios latinoamericanos, sobre todo de género masculino y este hecho ejemplifica un efecto reseñado porRentschler (2007), que consiste en que las noticias delictivas actúan como una forma de terapia narrativa para algunos familiares de las víctimas. Según este autor, los activistas que luchan por los derechos de las víctimas de asesinatos utilizan las noticias,…”
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