Shots in the Mirror : Crime Films and Society
ISBN: 9780195175066 | 0195175069
Edition: 2ndFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 4/20/2006
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Movies play a central role in shaping our understanding of crime and the world generally, helping us define what is good and bad, desirable and unworthy, lawful and illicit, strong and weak. Crime films raise controversial issues about the distribution of social power and the meanings ofdeviance, and they provide a safe space for fantasies of rebellion, punishment, and the restoration of order. In the first comprehensive study of its kind, well-known criminologist Nicole Rafter examines the relationship between society and crime films from the ... MORE
| Note on Use of Dates | xvii | ||||
| Introduction: Crime Films and Society | 3 | (18) | |||
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| Appendix Crime Films Cited with Release Dates | 235 | (6) | |||
| References | 241 | (10) | |||
| Index | 251 |
Nicole Rafter teaches at Northeastern University in the College of Criminal Justice, and is a professor in the Law, Policy, and Society Program.
