An analysis of a high-profile rape trial

The case of UK footballer Ched Evans

Bibliographic Data

ID15748839
AuthorsKathryn Royal (Durham University, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume3
Issue1
Pages83-99
Publication date2019-01-30
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Gender-Based Violence (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2398-6808 • E-ISSN: 2398-6816
PublisherPolicy Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1332/239868019x15475689978131
OpenAlexW2914642724
LanguageEN
Citations received6

This article uses a month’s worth of media coverage around the retrial for rape of Ched Evans, a Welsh footballer. Using guidelines published by the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) for reporting on violence against women, 204 articles were analysed, and coverage was found, overall, to be victim blaming in its approach, and damaging in its representation of sexual violence. While previous research has highlighted this (see, for example, Soothill and Walby, 1991), this article contributes to the existing literature and knowledge in this area by examining the coverage of a high-profile case, theorised to have more of an impact and pervasiveness in the lives of women who have experienced sexual violence, and by using specific guidelines available to journalists for reporting on violence against women

Criminology · Media coverage · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Representation (politics · Sexual violence · Sociology · Welsh · Gender, Security, and Conflict · History · Law · Psychology · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies · Sports, Gender, and Society

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