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Missing women, missing news : covering crisis in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside / David Hugill.

Title: Missing women, missing news : covering crisis in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside / David Hugill.
Author: Hugill, David, 1981-
Publication: Halifax [N.S.] : Fernwood, c2010.

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Description

111 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"The arrest and trial of Robert Pickton - a man charged with murdering 26 prostitutes in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside - is at the center of this study of the behavior of police officers and news reporters when a crime involves poor or marginalized victims. The analysis asks What made it possible for so many women to simply disappear from a densely populated urban neighborhood without provoking an aggressive response by the state? For answers, the book compares the Vancouver murders to the disappearance of a single teenager in Toronto - a tragic but isolated incident - that marshaled vigorous police work and extensive media coverage. Pointing to the broad social forces that drove this unequal treatment, the discussion calls for changes in the way the media covers police work."--GoogleBooks.

Series Statement

Fernwood basics

Uniform Title

Basics from Fernwood Publishing

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 104-111)..

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

Contents

Defining the boundaries of the crisis -- Absolving the state -- Producing the prostitute -- Producing skid row.

ISBN

9781552663776
1552663779

OCLC

612721562
SCSB-12431564

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library