Plunkett, Faith Rachel Ann
(2024)
The Subjectivity of Victimisation: A Case Study on Post-1970s Northern Ireland.
Masters thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth.
Abstract
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)
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| 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; Comparative Criminology and Criminal Justice; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > Law |
| Item ID: |
19050 |
| Depositing User: |
IR eTheses
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| Date Deposited: |
16 Oct 2024 11:32 |
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| Use Licence: |
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