Justice Provocateur: Jane Tennison and Policing in Prime Suspect

by Gray Cavender and Nancy C. Jurik

Book Overview

Justice Provocateur focuses on Prime Suspect, a popular British television film series starring Oscar and Emmy award-winning actress Helen Mirren as fictional London policewoman Jane Tennison. Gray Cavender and Nancy C. Jurik examine the media constructions of justice, gender, and police work in the show, exploring its progressive treatment of contemporary social problems in which women are central protagonists. They argue that the show acts as a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252078705
• ISBN13: 9780252078705
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.1"