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Crime, Fear and the Law in True Crime Stories
Anita Biressi
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Description for Crime, Fear and the Law in True Crime Stories
Paperback. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 325.
Why do true crime stories exert such popular fascination? What do they have to say about the fear of crime in the present moment? This book examines the historical origins and development of true crime and its evolution into distinctive contemporary forms. Embracing a range of non-fiction accounts - true crime book and magazines, law and order television, popular journalism - it traces how they harness and explore current concerns about law and order, crime and punishment and personal vulnerability.
Why do true crime stories exert such popular fascination? What do they have to say about the fear of crime in the present moment? This book examines the historical origins and development of true crime and its evolution into distinctive contemporary forms. Embracing a range of non-fiction accounts - true crime book and magazines, law and order television, popular journalism - it traces how they harness and explore current concerns about law and order, crime and punishment and personal vulnerability.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
Series
Crime Files
Number of Pages
238
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349410491
SKU
V9781349410491
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Anita Biressi
ANITA BIRESSI is a Lecturer in Media Studies at the Department of Arts and Media, Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College.
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