Prisoners on Prison Films

by Victoria Knight and Jamie Bennett

This book explores how an audience of men serving sentences in an English prison responded to viewing five contemporary British prison films. It examines how media representations of prison vary in style and content, how film can influence public attitudes, and how this affects people in prison. The book explains the ways in which film acts as a power resource, presenting an ideological vision of criminal justice. The audience used these films to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030609480
• ISBN13: 9783030609481
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 134 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"