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Criminology goes to the movies : crime theory and popular culture /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University,
©2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.