Sam Sommers

Is This How Media Treats Murder?

E.G RADIO ONLINE (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009

... over the last few years it’s Chandra Levy, Natalee Holloway, and Laci Peterson,” notes Sam Sommers, associate professor of psychology at Tufts University. All these women had a few things in common—they were white, educated, and came from middle-class families. The victims in Rocky Mount—which residents describe as a “typical Southern town,” and is about...

• Ten Black Women Missing or Dead And You Have Not Heard About It…Why'?? - Bossip

Ten Black Women Missing or Dead And You Have Not Heard About It…Why'??

Bossip (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009

... cases over the last few years it’s Chandra Levy, Natalee Holloway, and Laci Peterson,” notes Sam Sommers, associate professor of psychology at Tufts University. All these women had a few things in common—they were white, educated, and came from middle-class families. The victims in Rocky Mount—which residents describe as a “typical Southern town,” and is about 40 percent white and more than...