HOW THEORIES APPLY

• FEMINIST THEORIES

  Feminist debates would include the controversy around using violent crime against women as popular entertainment. 

  PATRIARCHAL SOCIETY

  Post feminists such as bell hooks and Van Zoonen would say that violence against women in TV is as a result of a male dominated patriarchal society where big television and media companies are run by men.
• SUBVERTED STEREOTYPES 

  No offence subverts the stereotype of women in the police force by showing them in positions of power and responsibility.

  The programme subverts female and ethnic minority stereotypes with strong and ethnically diverse representations of women that perhaps do not quite accurately reflect reality and so may be seen as exaggerated and idealistic.

  These representations include Asian police women, single mothers and a plus size female protagonist in Viv Deering. 
• PAUL ABBOTT 

  “Writing three strong female leads is one thing. Writing women that men would choose as leaders has been particularly satisfying."
• GENDER PERFORMATIVE 

  JUDITH BUTLER

  Inspector Viv Deering according to Judith Butler's Gender Performativity Theory behaves or performs in a masculine way by using foul language and aggresion and also standing up to her male colleagues. She also depicts feminine qualities when she shows her feminine mothering side when she gives Cathy a book on self defence as a gift.

  PERFORMING AS A MAN

  Butler separates sex and biology from gender. Viv behaves or performs in a masculine way in her role as a Police Officer. Viv will even walk into a men's toilet if necessary.
• CULTIVATION THEORY (Or Hyperdermic Needle Theory)

  PASSIVE AUDIENCE

  Gerbner would say using his effects theory called Cultivation Theory that television appears to cultivate people's ideologies and beliefs. The more television you watch the greater the effect. The more violence depicted against women in programmes like No Offence(or The Killing) the more audiences will normalise this and expect it.
• MEAN WORLD THEORY

  PASSIVE AUDIENCE

  Gerbner developed the Mean World Index or syndrome. The Mean World Index finds that long-term exposure to television in which violence is frequent cultivates the image of a mean and dangerous world. 

  So prolonged exposure to violence on TV or gaming can make people feel that the world is more dangerous than it actually is.

  Mean world index as a result of the unpleasant crimes and violence in gaming or depicted toward women/people with disabilities eg Down's Syndrome in programmes like No Offence.