Dramatic Portrayals of Violent Women: Female Offenders on Prime Time Crime Dramas By Dawn K. Cecil, Ph.D. University of South Florida, St. Petersburg

I found this site which is about how women who commit violent crimes are represented in Crime Dramas on tele vision. This study examines four popular crime dramas to
understand how women are portrayed and the images associated with these characters. The
prevalence of these characters varies by program, but their characteristics are fairly consistent.
Female offenders are primarily shown as white, violent and driven by greed, revenge, and most
commonly, love. When telling stories of female offenders, crime dramas connect these women
to male accomplices and also explore violence driven by maternal instinct. Overall, these
programs create a relatively non-threatening image of female offenders while simultaneously
reinforcing their guilt, thereby making them appear deserving of punishment.

I found this really interesting, and worth including into my blog