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Matthews, Erica (2024) Do we Blame Victims? A Critical Analysis of Victim Blaming Discourse found in Defensive Narratives of Intimate Partner Femicide Cases. Masters thesis, University of Gloucestershire. doi:10.46289/8Y5PVF77
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Abstract
The aim of this research was to explore and establish the use and nature of victim blaming discourses in defensive narratives within intimate partner femicide (IPF) cases where the victim is female, and the perpetrator is male. The research consisted of three stages. The first stage reviewed previous literature and studies about victim blaming themes and narratives found in IPF cases. The second stage was data collection of two mediums, collecting 120 media articles and 30 domestic homicide reviews (DHRs) reporting cases of IPF. Finally, the third stage was concerned with analysis of the data collected, conducted using feminist analysis combined with Carrabine’s (2001) Foucauldian Discourse Analysis structure. This research observed many victim blaming themes in the current data, namely Denial of Responsibility, Blaming the/Her Situation, Provocation, Naggers, Whores, Libbers, and Perfect Victim/Lack Thereof. Victim blaming is found to be a common linguistic tool reached for by authors of media articles and DHRs when reporting IPF cases, and it has a strong role in allowing defensive narratives to be perceived as believable and accepted. In contrast to previous literature however, in some cases analysed, victim blaming only became obvious when the connotations of the language and context were analysed, rather than victim blaming being overt and unequivocal. This research has allowed for a contemporary framework of victim blaming to be produced, whereby previous and current literature and findings are clearly demonstrated and can be used as a foundation for understanding of victim blaming. A recommendation from this research is to expand the data collection to explore more avenues where victim blaming may be present, such as from observing live IPF court cases. This would help increase the understanding of how, where, and potentially why victim blaming appears to be unavoidable for IPF victims and can be used as a basis for training those reporting and working with IPF cases, so we can reflect the life of a victim in a non-blameful manner.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | victim blaming narratives;intimate partner femicide (IPF); female victims; male perpetrators |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology. > HV6001 Criminology H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology. > HV6001 Criminology > HV6250 Victims of Crimes. Victimology H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology. > HV6001 Criminology > HV6251 Crimes and offences |
| Depositing User: | Anne Pengelly |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Jan 2025 11:22 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Jan 2025 11:22 |
| URI: | https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/14721 |
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