Representations of crime and criminals are neither meaningful nor significant. They have little impact on how life is understood or experienced, either individually or collectively’. Critically discuss this proposition with reference to themes, concepts and issues canvassed in CCL. (You can choose a different question if you have more knowledge in that area) Readings that should be referenced and used along with other ones you may find: “Bogan”: Polite or not? Cultural implications of a term in Australian Slang – Kay Frances Bartolo Law as culture: an invitation – Lawrence Rosen Launch of the Australian Feminist Law Journal Library – P. O’Shane Criminology Goes to the Movies: Crime Theory and Popular Culture – Nicole Rafter, Michelle Brown Underbelly, true crime and the cultural economy of infamy – Melissa Gregg, Jason Wilson 2010-6 Girls, Crime and Violence: Toward a Feminist Theory of Female Violence – Kerry Carrington 2013 Interpreting Young Women’s Accounts of Drink Spiking: The Need for a Gendered Understanding of the Fear and Reality of Sexual Violence – O. Brooks 01/04/2014 Online Resource Sex workers are not pitiful victims in need of rescue – McGrow, Lauren History, Sexuality, and Power: Deconstructing the : “Lesbian Vampire Case” – Susan Davies, Andrea Rhodes-Little 1993
