| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 227 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction: taking criminology to the movies -- "For money and a woman" : rational choice theories and double indemnity -- "He's alive!" : biological theories and Frankenstein -- "Blood, mother, blood!" : psychological theories and psycho -- "You talking to me?" : social disorganization theories and taxi driver -- "You're giving me a nervous breakdown" : strain theories and traffic -- Getting the drift : social learning theories and Mystic River -- "Pornography in foot-high stacks" : labeling theory and capturing the Friedmans -- Fight the power : conflict theories and do the right thing -- "Let her go" : feminist criminology and thelma and louise -- A matter of time : lifecourse theories and city of God -- Conclusion: the big picture |
| Summary |
From a look at classics like Psycho and Double Indemnity to recent films like Traffic and Thelma & Louise, Nicole Rafter and Michelle Brown show that criminological theory is produced not only in the academy, through scholarly research, but also in popular culture, through film. Criminology Goes to the Movies connects with ways in which students are already thinking criminologically through engagements with popular culture, encouraging them to use the everyday world as a vehicle for theorizing and understanding both crime and perceptions of criminality. The first work to bring a systematic and |
| Analysis |
Multi-User |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Crime in popular culture.
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Criminology.
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Criminology
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criminology.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
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LAW -- Criminal Law -- General.
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Crime.
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Crime in popular culture
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Criminology
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Film
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Kriminologie
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Brott i filmen -- teori, filosofi.
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Kriminologi -- teori, filosofi.
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Film noir.
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Filmteori.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Brown, Michelle, 1971- author.
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| LC no. |
2011012522 |
| ISBN |
9780814777411 |
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0814777414 |
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9780814745298 |
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0814745296 |
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