Criminology goes to the movies [electronic resource] : crime theory and popular culture / Nicole Rafter and Michelle Brown.
Rafter, Nicole Hahn, 1939-; Brown, Michelle, 1971-
2011
HV6030 .R34 2011eb
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Title Criminology goes to the movies [electronic resource] : crime theory and popular culture / Nicole Rafter and Michelle Brown.
Author Rafter, Nicole Hahn, 1939-
ISBN 9780814745298 (electronic bk.)
9780814776513
9780814776520 (pbk.)
9780814777411 (electronic bk.)
Imprint New York : New York University, c2011.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xi, 227 p.) : ill.
Call Number HV6030 .R34 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 364
Summary 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 to the Movies connects with ways in which students are already thinking criminologically through engagements with popular culture, encouraging them to use the everyday world as a vehicle for theorizing and understanding both crime and perceptions of criminality.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Added Author Brown, Michelle, 1971-
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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.

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