Criminology goes to the movies : crime theory and popular culture / Nicole Rafter and Michelle Brown.

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...

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Main Authors: Rafter, Nicole Hahn, 1939- (Author), Brown, Michelle, 1971- (Author)
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Language:English
Published: New York : New York University, ©2011.
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505 0 |a 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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