Criminology Goes to the Movies: Crime Theory and Popular Culture

by Michelle Brown, Nicole Rafter, Nicole Hahn Rafter

Book Overview

Investigating cinema under the magnifying glass

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814776523
• ISBN13: 9780814776520
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"