Sexual Violence in History: A Bibliography

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First published: October 1, 2025 - Last updated: October 1, 2025

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Authors: Nicolas Hubé and Claire Ruffio

Title: Tabloidization of News Rather Than Punitive Turn

Subtitle: Crime and Penal Issues on French and German Newspaper Front Pages (1971–2017)

In: Impending Challenges to Penal Moderation in France and Germany: A Strained Restraint

Edited by: Kirstin Drenkhahn, Fabien Jobard and Tobias Singelnstein

Place: London and New York, NY

Publisher: Routledge

Year: 2023

Pages: 203-224

Series: Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice

ISBN-13: 9781032188676 (hbk.) - Find a Library: Wikipedia, WorldCat | ISBN-13: 9781032188683 (pbk.) - Find a Library: Wikipedia, WorldCat | ISBN-13: 9781003256694 (ebk.) - Find a Library: Wikipedia, WorldCat

Language: English

Keywords: Modern History: 21st Century | European History: French History, German History | Types: Sexual Assault; Representations: Press / Le Figaro, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Le Monde, Süddeutsche Zeitung



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Authors:
- Nicolas Hubé, Centre de recherche sur les médiations (Mediation Research Centre), Université de Lorraine (University of Lorraine) - Academia.edu, ORCID, ResearchGate

- Claire Ruffio, Centre européen de sociologie et de science politique, Centre national de la recherche scientifique - Academia.edu, ORCID

Abstract: »Chapter 7.2 analyses trends in the front-page headlines of a sample of print media in both countries and concludes that there is a gradual, but ambiguous, tabloidization of the press on both sides of the Rhine.« (Source: Drenkhahn, Kirstin, Fabien Jobard, Johanna Nickels and Tobias Singelnstein. »Testing the Continental Restraint Hypothesis in France and Germany.« Impending Challenges to Penal Moderation in France and Germany: A Strained Restraint. Edited by Kirstin Drenkhahn et al. London 2023: 17)

Contents:
  The Moderate Punitive Turn in Newspaper Headlines (p. 204)
    A Very Limited News Coverage Until 2002 in National Broadsheet Papers (1971–2017) (p. 204)
    The Structural Differences between the French and German Media Systems (2007–2017) (p. 207)
  What Kind of Crime is Newsworthy? (p. 208)
    Public Order Matters (1971–2017) (p. 208)
    Sexual Offences vs Property Crime, Some Variations in Crime News Selection (2007–2017) (p. 211)
  From Meaningless Events to Social Issues: The (Relative) Politicization of Crime News (p. 213)
  Crime as Events Managed by Traditional Stakeholders (p. 216)
    Framing the News: Special Events, but Rarely Public Issues (p. 217)
    Institutional Actors as Primary Definers of Crime News (p. 219)
  Conclusion (p. 222)
  Notes (p. 222)
  Bibliography (p. 223)

Wikipedia: History of Europe: History of France / Fifth French Republic | History of Europe: History of Germany / History of Germany | Newspaper: Newspapers published in France / Le Figaro, Le Monde | Newspaper: Newspapers published in Germany / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Süddeutsche Zeitung | Sex and the law: Sexual violence / Sex crimes in France, Sex crimes in Germany