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Victims or Aggresors? Framing Romanian Migrants and Crime in Two British Newspapers

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The research question at which the present article attempts to answer is: What are the British journalistic procedures used in representing migration and crime in the specific case of Romanian migrants? The article uses quantitative content analysis as the main method of research. The sample of texts was made up of 117 articles published in two (tabloid) British newspapers (the Daily Mail and the Daily Mirror) in the time-period January 1–December 21, 2015. The violent acts of Romanian migrants that were covered by the UK press were extremely diverse. They ranged from robbery, murder and begging to prostitution and medical malpractice. At the same time, Romanian migrants were portrayed not only as “offenders” but also as “victims” of the violent acts covered by the two newspapers.

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  1. Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

    Valentina Marinescu

  2. “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, Sibiu, Romania

    Ramona Marinache

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  1. Laboratory ‘Violence and Crime. Prevention and Mediation’, Institute of Sociology – Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania

    Ecaterina Balica

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    Valentina Marinescu

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Marinescu, V., Marinache, R. (2018). Victims or Aggresors? Framing Romanian Migrants and Crime in Two British Newspapers. In: Balica, E., Marinescu, V. (eds) Migration and Crime. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95813-2_9

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