TY  - SER
AU  - Cook, Elizabeth A.
TI  - Motherhood, moral authority and the charismatic matriarch in the aftermath of lethal violence
PY  - 2021///
PB  - Sage, 
KW  - ADVOCACY
KW  - ATTITUDES
KW  - CHILD HOMICIDE
KW  - COMMUNITY ACTION
KW  - ETHNIC COMMUNITIES
KW  - FAMILY VIOLENCE
KW  - GANGS
KW  - GUNS
KW  - MOTHERS
KW  - MOTHERS AGAINST VIOLENCE
KW  - VICTIM/SURVIVORS' VOICES
KW  - VICTIMS OF CRIMES
KW  - VIOLENCE
KW  - INTERNATIONAL
KW  - AUSTRALIA
KW  - UNITED KINGDOM
N1  - Criminology & Criminal Justice, 2021, 21(3), 353–368
N2  - Images of maternal suffering are an evocative and powerful means of communication in a world where the private grief of victims has increasingly become subject to commodification and public consumption. This article looks at the influence of bereaved mothers as symbols of respect, peace and dignity in the aftermath of violence, and as a result their persuasive presence in family activism. Drawing upon two case studies, this article explores the importance of victims’ stories in public life and, in particular, the presence of the charismatic matriarch in creating communities of solidarity, raising awareness of harms that have previously gone unheard and prompting policy change. It considers the ‘canonical’ story of the mother in public life and concludes by arguing that more attention should be paid to victims’ stories and their influence on policy-making, politics and eventually in becoming public grievances. (Author's abstract). Record #8270
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1177/1748895820914359
ER  -