ABSTRACT

Romanian citizens remain haunted by the gruesome crime that took place in Caracal—a small city in the southern part of the country—in 2019. Alexandra Măceșanu, a 15-year-old girl, was kidnapped by an illegally operating taxi driver who raped, murdered, and then burnt her body in a barrel. She had managed to call 112, the emergency hotline, on the second day that she spent in the murderer’s house. However, despite her three desperate calls, the police could not find her because of their dismissiveness and incompetency. Consequently, the Romanian press published over 3000 articles about the case in the six weeks after the information first surfaced. Thus, this article aims to analyze the aforementioned coverage. The analysis revealed that despite the fact that this was one of the most violent manifestations of gendered violence, most articles ignored this aspect and focused on others such as corruption within the police- or the inefficiency of the hotline.

摘要

2019 年发生在该国南部小城市卡拉卡尔的骇人听闻的犯罪事件仍然困扰着罗马尼亚公民。15 岁的女孩亚历山德拉·梅塞萨努 (Alexandra Măceşanu) 被一名非法经营的出租车司机绑架，该司机强奸、谋杀，然后将她的尸体放在桶中焚烧。在凶手家中度过的第二天，她就拨通了紧急求救电话112。然而，尽管她打了三通求救电话，但警察的不屑一顾和无能都没有找到她。因此，在信息首次浮出水面后的六周内，罗马尼亚媒体发表了 3000 多篇关于此案的文章。因此，本文旨在分析上述覆盖范围。分析表明，尽管这是性别暴力最暴力的表现形式之一，