Gibbs-Van Brunschot, ErinPerverseff, Tara Lee2005-08-082005-08-082002Perverseff, T. L. (2002). Constructing gender differences: media accounts of female and male youth crime (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/244910612761657http://hdl.handle.net/1880/39341Bibliography: p. 118-129This thesis examines the social construction of youth crime in the news media. Specifically, the focus is on the differences (and similarities) in newspaper accounts of young female and male offenders and victims. Various themes and images are presented and compared with respect to young victims and offenders. Using qualitative content analysis of newspapers, findings illustrate different images of youthful offenders and victims and how these differences are reflective of their gender status. The media images of youthful offending and victimization vary by sex of the offender and victim. The news media's general commentary on youth crime, for example, the impact of crime on the community, is further considered to present an overall picture of the images of youth crime. From the media's social construction of youth crime, it appears as though youth crime is a serious problem and that images of youth identified in media accounts suggest that crime is pervasive.ix, 133 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.engUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.AC1 .T484 2002 P474master thesis10.11575/PRISM/24491AC1 .T484 2002 P474