Plunkett, Faith Rachel Ann (2024) The Subjectivity of Victimisation: A Case Study on Post-1970s Northern Ireland. Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.

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This dissertation looked to provide the reader with an understanding of how victimisation and the ‘victim’ label is subjective in different communities. This was conducted to give a perspective on how these communities, while experiencing the same or similar trauma, can disregard one another in order to grand themselves the experience of victimisation. Through desk-based research, a literature review regarding the existing body of work relating to victimisation was conducted. The sections within the literature review consisted of themes within media representation, which impacted perceptions of history and memory, as well as themes within labelling theory (LT) with special focus on how communities disregard their own violence towards others while experiencing victimisation. In order to support the literature review, a case study was used regarding the Troubles in Northern Ireland with specific reference to Bloody Sunday in 1972. This case study enabled the reader to compare the literature review to a real-life event. The findings of this dissertation suggest that all aspects of media representation have been reflected during the case study relating to Northern Ireland. It also proposes that memory and perception can influence a community and therefore how they determine who is a victim or perpetrator is on their own account. Finally, this dissertation found that LT, specifically the victim-perpetrator paradigm (V-PP) framework gives the reader a thorough explanation about how this subjectivity and ignorance forms. In conclusion, the case study of Northern Ireland during the Troubles supported the literature review and gave the reader an overall understanding of how victimisation is subjective as opposed to objective.

Item Type:	Thesis (Masters)
Additional Information:	A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of MA in Comparative Criminology and Criminal Justice.
Keywords:	victim; victimisation; subjectivity; media; memory; LT;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Law
Item ID:	19050
Depositing User:	IR eTheses
Date Deposited:	16 Oct 2024 11:32
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Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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