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Read all about it!: Read all about it!: Unless it's the trial of Rosemary West.…

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2016

Chris Goddard
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Abstract

Self-censorship is not a quality usually associated with the British tabloid press. The trial of Rosemary West, it is reported, led to a change of perspective, with sanitisation of the court-reporting being decided upon for commercial reasons. A recent book, on another widely-reported British case of child abuse and domestic violence, is reviewed to suggest that an understanding of the effects of violence on victims will be achieved only if we allow the whole stories to be told.

Type
Research Article
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Children Australia , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , 1996 , pp. 35 - 37
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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