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Think piece: Do mentally ill murderers stigmatise people with mental health disorders?

Think piece: Do mentally ill murderers stigmatise people with mental health disorders?

by Shani Lim | Jun 1, 2023 | Mind

As society’s understanding and acceptance of mental health disorders continues to grow, is it time for crime writers to retire the trope of mentally ill murderers? From alcoholic detectives to homicidal murderers and victims with amnesia, crime fiction is a genre full...
Why crime fiction is fixated on women as victims of violent crime

Why crime fiction is fixated on women as victims of violent crime

by Shani Lim | May 22, 2023 | Society

In a genre dominated by female readers and writers, why are dead women and girls still at the heart of the story? Edgar Allen Poe famously wrote: “The death of a beautiful woman is, unquestionably, the most poetical topic in the world.” As most crime readers would...

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