Medical opinion notes that the media can influence young women to starve themselves and therefore act as a possible causal factor of disordered eating. This book brings together work on media representations and audience responses and offers a discussion of this topic in the context of socio-cultura[...]
Offers an overview of the relationship between violence, gender, crime and justice. This book examines the experiences and treatment of men and women as victims and criminals. It explores whether and how offending patterns differ according to gender, and investigates the connections between gender, [...]