Shots in the Mirror Crime Films and Society

Name: Shots in the Mirror Crime Films and Society
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ISBN: 9780195129823

ISBN-10: 0195129822

ISBN-13: 9780195129823

Edition: 2000

Authors: Nicole Rafter

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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 of deviance, and they provide a safe space for fantasies of rebellion, punishment, and the restoration of order. In this, the first comprehensive study of its kind, well-known criminologist Nicole Rafter examines the relationship between society and crime films from the perspectives of criminal justice, film history and technique, and sociology. Dealing with over 300 films ranging from gangster and cop to…

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List price: $99.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/20/2000
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 6.18" wide x 9.29" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Nicole Rafter is Professor and Senior Research Fellow in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northeastern University and author of many books, including The Criminal Brain: Understanding Biological Theories of Crime .




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