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Crime, Fear and the Law in True Crime Stories
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Veröffentlichung: |
Juni 2001
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Genre: |
Soziologie |
ISBN: |
9780333745472 |
EAN-Code:
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9780333745472 |
Verlag: |
Springer |
Einband: |
Gebunden |
Sprache: |
English
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Serie: |
Crime Files |
Dimensionen: |
H 216 mm / B 140 mm / D 16 mm |
Gewicht: |
440 gr |
Seiten: |
238 |
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Inhalt: |
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. |
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