Representations of Violence, Representations as Violence: When the News Reports on Homicides of Disabled People

Ableist necropolitics can be seen no more starkly than in news portrayals of the murders of disabled people by family or caregivers. When such murders are reported in the news, disabled people as full subjects fade away, portrayed as objects of care and suffering; their murders are routinely present...

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Main Authors: Denise Buiten, Raffaella Cresciani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Queensland University of Technology 2023-09-01
Series:International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy
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Online Access:https://www.crimejusticejournal.com/article/view/2720