Crime, Fear and the Law in True Crime Stories (Crime Files)
MIA KARTS BOOKS
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- Language
- English
- Category
- True Crime
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-10
- 0333745477
- Vendor: Mia Karts
Crime, Fear and the Law in True Crime Stories (Crime Files)
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ISBN: 0333745477
Author: Anita Biressi
Condition: New
Why do true crime stories exert such popular fascination? What do they have to say about the fear of crime in the present moment? This book examines the historical origins and development of true crime and its evolution into distinctive contemporary forms. Embracing a range of non-fiction accounts - true crime book and magazines, law and order television, popular journalism - it traces how they harness and explore current concerns about law and order, crime and punishment and personal vulnerability.
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