| Crime, Fear and the Law in True Crime Stories 2001 Edition Contributor(s): Biressi, Anita (Author) |
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ISBN: 1349410497 ISBN-13: 9781349410491 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2001 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Criminology - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
| Dewey: 364 |
| Lexile Measure: 1460 |
| Series: Crime Files |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.71 lbs) 238 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |