Abuse

, 67, 126, 129–130

'Abused women’s narratives

, 62

Abuser

, 67

Activism

, 6–7

Age

, 2

‘Amore Criminale’ [Criminal Love]

, 25

Anorexia

, 83

‘Antifemicide’ law

, 23

Audiences

, 36–37

Australia

, 99–100

data on child abuse in

, 101–102

violence in indigenous communities in

, 109–112

Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)

, 104, 114, 117–118

Australian media. See also Mass media

coverage of child abuse

, 100

landscape

, 102–104

Baby Chase: How Surrogacy Is Transforming the American Family, The

, 84

Backlash

, 6–7

‘Battered’ woman

, 87

Bias

, 161

Big Little Lies

, 68–71

Biological theories

, 19–20

#BlackLivesMatter movement

, 36

Bondage Discipline Sadism and Masochism (BDSM)

, 51

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

, 3, 35, 39, 233

Celebrity

, 45–47

Child

exploitation

, 107

grooming

, 173

lack of transparency in child protection systems

, 110–112

protection

, 100, 101–102

Child abuse. See also Domestic violence and abuse (DVA); Elder abuse

, 99–100, 232

Australian media coverage

, 100

Australian media landscape

, 102–104

child abuse/protection

, 126

data in Australia

, 101–102

deaths

, 100, 116

exposure and accountability of perpetrators in powerful positions

, 116–118

harnessing public education potential of media

, 118

interconnectedness of different forms of child abuse

, 106–108

media reporting on child abuse and system reform

, 112–116

protecting children online

, 108–109

violence, objectification and resistance

, 104–106

violence in indigenous communities in Australia

, 109–112

Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP)

, 173

Child sexual exploitation (CSE)

, 173, 181–186, 234

Children’s rights

, 107

Class

, 2

Codification

, 17

Coercive control

, 62–63

“Colour-blind” approach

, 187

Commission for Children and Young People (CCYP)

, 111

Constructivism

, 18–19

Context provision

, 157–160

Coronavirus pandemic [COVID-19]

, 6

Council of Europe Convention

, 5

Counting Dead Women project

, 128, 135–137

Crazy Love: A Memoir

, 84

Crime

of honour

, 19–22

in United Kingdom

, 175–177

Criminal act

, 143

Criminal Justice system

, 233

Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)

, 174

Cultural/structural frame

, 163

Custody

, 71–75, 230

Daily Mail

, 35, 37–38, 178–179

Daily Telegraph, The

, 5, 184

Digital activism

, 36

Digital connectivity

, 4

Digital revolution

, 2–3

[Dis]ability

, 2

Discourse

analysis approach

, 37, 229

practices

, 20–22

Dolores Claiborne [1995]

, 63

Domestic abuse

, 5

Domestic homicide

, 37, 49

Domestic setting

, 129, 142

Domestic violence (DV)

, 16, 82, 91, 230

case

, 23–26

genre

, 66–68

beyond Hollywood

, 68–75

in Italian Media and Press

, 18–22

literature analysis

, 18–22

methodology

, 22–23

narration

, 23–26

postawareness

, 62–64

postfeminism

, 64–65

screening in Hollywood film

, 62

Domestic violence and abuse (DVA). See also Child abuse

, 1–2, 34, 80, 227

activism and backlash

, 6–7

celebrity and royal connections

, 45–47

context of study

, 34–36

ethical reporting

, 52–53

journeying

, 7–9

legislative context

, 4–6

methodology

, 36–37

‘sex game gone wrong’ defence

, 49–52

tabloidisation

, 47–49

TED Lecture

, 81–83, 89–90

transformative potential

, 11

victim blaming narrative

, 37–43

victims receding from view

, 43–45

Elder abuse

, 126

Counting Dead Women project

, 135–137

critical factors

, 129–130

Femicide census report

, 137

future possibilities

, 144–145

media reporting

, 132–133

media representations and older people

, 130–132

online news media reporting

, 133

recommendations for improving attitudes and awareness

, 143–144

theoretical perspectives

, 128–129

types

, 133–135

Electronic formats

, 35

English Defence League

, 235

Enough [film]

, 64–66

Episodic framing

, 157–160

Ethical reporting of DVA

, 52–53

Ethnicity

, 2

Facebook

, 35–36

Female abusers

, 161

Female violence

, 20–21

Female-perpetrated IPV

, 161–162

Femicide

, 16–17, 22, 25–26

census report

, 137

in Italian Media and Press

, 18–22

Feminism

, 229

Feminist jurisprudence model

, 162

Femminicidio

, 16–17

Film[s]

, 230

narratives

, 67

Folk devils, South Asian Men as

, 188–189

Frame

, 17–18

Framing

, 18

Gaslight [film]

, 63, 66

‘Gaslighting’

, 5

Gender

differences in reports of domestic violence

, 153–154

gender-based violence

, 16–17, 20–21, 203

in United Kingdom

, 175–177

Gendered DVA

, 1–2

‘Gendertrolling’

, 6–7

Genre

, 66–68

Global Gender Gap Index 2020

, 204–205

Gothic romance

, 66–67

Grand Theft Auto 5

, 4

‘Grass-roots’ approach

, 126

Guardian, The

, 45, 52, 178–179, 183–184

Hegemonic masculinity

, 175

Herald Sun newspaper

, 112–113, 115–116

Hollywood film, screening domestic violence in

, 62

Home Box Office (HBO)

, 68–69

Homogenisation process

, 103

Honour-based violence

, 44

Illiberal democracy

, 235

Independent newspaper

, 34–35

Independent Press Standards Organisation

, 53

Information campaigns

, 143–144

Instagram

, 35–36

Institutional

elder abuse

, 140–141

frame of responsibility

, 163

Interconnectedness of different forms of child abuse

, 106–108

Internal trafficking

, 173

International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW)

, 237

International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA)

, 127

Intersectionality

, 2

Intimate partner homicide (IPH)

, 34, 155–156

Intimate partner violence (IPV)

, 16–17, 100, 150–151

Islamophobia, culture of

, 176

Istanbul Convention

, 5, 19–20

Italian newspapers

, 20–21

Jay inquiry

, 234

#Jaztudi campaign

, 201

consequences

, 218–220

in Slovenia

, 206–217

Journalism

, 102–103

Journalistic decision-making processes

, 118

Journeying

, 7–9

Just Before Losing Everything [Avant que de tout perdre]

, 71

Labour exploitation

, 174

Lecture

, 91

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities (LGBT communities)

, 154–155, 233

Lexis-Nexis

, 177–178

Little Big Lies

, 230

Localised grooming

, 173

Mail on Sunday

, 178–179

MailOnline

, 38–41

Mainstream media

, 35–36

Mass media

, 3, 236

newspapers

, 91

Media

, 17, 140–141

brands

, 3

coverage

, 17–20

discourse

, 20–22

harnessing public education potential of

, 118

outlets

, 150

in popular culture

, 2–4

responses

, 217–218

Media reporting

on child abuse and system reform

, 112–116

of DVA

, 53

of elder abuse

, 132–133

Media representation

, 126–128, 130–132, 177, 180

of older people

, 232

of perpetrators and victims

, 160–163

Member of Order of Australia [AM]

, 104

#Metoo campaign

, 200–201

#jaztudi campaign in Slovenia

, 206–217

contextualising sexual violence

, 201–205

media responses

, 217–218

#MeToo movement

, 6, 36

Mirror newspaper

, 42–43

Mistreatment

, 129–130

Mobile technologies

, 35

Mommy Wars: Stay-at-Home and Career Moms Face off on their Choices, Their Lives, Their Families

, 84

Moral panic

, 172

grooming and sexual exploitation

, 172–174

methodology

, 177–188

race, gender, crime and moral panics in United Kingdom

, 175–177

South Asian Men as folk devils

, 188–189

Muslim culture

, 176

‘Nagging wife’ positions women

, 42

Naked Truth, The

, 84

National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC)

, 189

National Referral Mechanism

, 174

National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC)

, 110–111

Neglect

, 126

Neo-patriarchy

, 202

Neoliberal democracy

, 235

News articles

, 150

News media

, 150

context provision and episodic vs. thematic framing

, 157–160

coverage of same-sex intimate partner violence

, 154–155

data source and search strategy

, 151

gender differences in reports of domestic violence

, 153–154

inclusion and exclusion criteria

, 151

media representation of perpetrators and victims

, 160–163

methodological issues

, 153

newsworthiness and sensationalism

, 155–157

study selection and data extraction

, 152

Newspapers

, 34–35

Newsworthiness

, 155–157

NorVold Abuse Questionnaire (NorAQ)

, 203

Objectification

, 104–106

Office of National Statistics (ONS)

, 82

Office of the Children’s Commissioner for England (OCCE)

, 185–186

Older people

, 130–132

Older women

, 128

Online news media reporting

, 133

Organisational abuse. See Institutional elder abuse

Organised abuse

, 118

Perpetrators

, 82

media representation of

, 160–163

Personal Safety Survey (PSS)

, 101

Popular culture

, 1, 63–64, 80

media in

, 2–4

Portrayal of victims

, 179–181

Post-socialism

, 201–202

Postawareness

, 62–64

Postfeminism

, 64–65

Problematisation

, 176

Psychological grooming

, 173

Public perceptions

, 34

Race

, 2

in United Kingdom

, 175–177

Resistance

, 104–106

Ritualised abuse

, 118

Royal connections

, 45–47

Run for Your Life [lifetime television movie]

, 65

Safe Haven [film]

, 67–68

Safeguarding Adult Reviews in England

, 142

Same-sex intimate partner violence (SSIPV)

, 150–151

coverage

, 154–155

‘Sawn-off shotgun killer’

, 47–48

Secondary victimisation

, 41–42

Self-grooming

, 173

Sensationalism

, 155–157

Sensationalistic reporting style

, 156–157

Separation assault

, 72

‘Sex game gone wrong’ defence

, 49–52

Sexual abuse

, 212

Sexual exploitation

, 172–174

Sexual harassment

, 217

Sexual misadventure defence

, 49–50, 51

Sexual orientation

, 2

Sexual sadomasochism

, 49

Sexual violence

, 200–201

contextualising

, 201–205

Sleeping with the Enemy [1991]

, 66

Slovenia

, 203

#jaztudi campaign in

, 206–217

Snowball effect

, 218, 219

Social factors

, 91

Social media. See also Mass media

communication

, 4

technologies

, 35–36

Sociocultural approaches

, 18–19

South Asian Men as folk devils

, 188–189

Speeches

, 21–22

Statutory agencies

, 186–188

Steiner, Leslie Morgan [advocate for women]

, 83–84

#Stopthesilence

, 205

Street grooming

, 173

Sun, The

, 178–179

Sun tabloid

, 35

Sunday Times, The

, 178–179

Tabloidisation

, 47–49

Tabloids

, 35

TED lecture

, 80, 231

active viewers

, 87–88

domestic violence and abuse

, 81–83, 89–90

impact

, 84–91

Leslie Morgan Steiner

, 83–84

technical effect

, 88–89

Telegraph, The

, 39, 183–185

Television

, 228, 236

Textual abuse

, 104–105

Thematic framing

, 157–160

Thriller

, 66

Times, The

, 43, 177–179

#TimesUp movement

, 6

Transformative potential

, 11

‘Trial by media’ concept

, 9

Twitter

, 35–36

UK national press

, 35

United Kingdom, race, gender, crime and moral panics in

, 175–177

Victim blaming

, 229

narrative

, 37–43

Victim[s]

empowerment

, 65

media representation of

, 160–163

Victimisation

, 106

Vigilante A [movie]

, 67–68

Violence. See also Domestic violence (DV)

, 104–106

in indigenous communities in Australia

, 109–112

Violence against women (VAW)

, 16–17, 19–20, 36–37, 139–140

Violent intimate relationships

, 16

Washington Post, The magazine

, 84

What’s Love Got to Do with It [1993]

, 63–64

Why Domestic Violence Victims Don’t Leave: Crazy Love

, 80

#WhyIStayed movement

, 6

Women’s Aid and Refuge

, 53

‘Women’s Views on News’ online platform

, 41

World Elder Abuse Awareness Day

, 127, 143–144

Zero Tolerance

, 53