Brennan, Pauline K.

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“Black female victims were significantly more likely to be portrayed as ‘bad’ people… Stories about White… victims were significantly more likely… to describe the victim as preyed upon by a predator… [and] produce sympathetic overall narratives."

“Media outlets tend to focus on the victimization of White women.” & “There were fewer stories about Latina/Black female victims… and the narrative content tended to be unsympathetic (e.g., bad person, risk-taker/complicit, bad environment)."

“A female offender’s race/ethnicity was the strongest predictor of a [news] story’s overall tone… Stories about white female offenders were more likely to have neutral or favorable tones than stories about minority female offenders."