Murderer or Model Citizen? How a Man who Murdered His Wife is Made a Model Citizen

cityu.schoolDivision of Arts and Sciences
cityu.siteVictoria
cityu.site.countryCanada
dc.contributor.authorNasmyth, Patricia
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-19T20:52:47Z
dc.date.available2016-09-19T20:52:47Z
dc.date.issued2006-04
dc.description.abstractThis thesis explores how a man who committed spousal homicide is portrayed in court as a model citizen and how this characterization is sustained to the extent that it influences the jury verdict and the subsequent sentence. Practices common to the language of violence such as obscuring the offence, masking agency, blurring the responsibility of the perpetrator, and blaming, objectifying and pathologizing the victim, are identified in the transcripts of the proceedings and discussed with a view to their implications for social accountability.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11803/489
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisher.institutionCity University of Seattle (CityU)
dc.subjecthomicide
dc.subjectsocial accountability and guilt
dc.titleMurderer or Model Citizen? How a Man who Murdered His Wife is Made a Model Citizen
dc.typeThesis
thesis.degree.disciplineCounseling
thesis.degree.grantorCity University of Seattle (CityU)
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts
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