Jeffrey Dahmer’s victims don’t belong to the killer, to Netflix, or to true crime fans | Amy McQuire

These men and boys were dehumanised not only by Dahmer's brutal actions but by retellings limited to descriptions of their deaths and bodies

The true crime genre has a tendency to portray killers and victims in a way that only leads to further pain, and Netflix's new series about the the serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is no different. This approach is summarised by the show's exclusion of a powerful statement from the uncle of one of Dahmer's victims.

On the last day of Dahmer's trial in 1992, the families of the men and boys who lost their lives at his hands gave victim impact statements to the court.