O'Brien, Karen2022-05-032022-05-032021-11http://hdl.handle.net/11603/24668Julia Rogers Research Prize: First Year/Sophomore Winner, 2022In addition to studying the definition of true crime as a media genre, journalists have been studying the purpose of it.10 pagesen-USCollection may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. To obtain information or permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Goucher Special Collections & Archives at 410-337-6347 or email archives@goucher.edu.The True Crime of True Crime: The Damaging Tendencies Behind the Popular GenreText