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Crime, Fear and the Law in True Crime Stories - (Crime Files) by Anita Biressi (Hardcover)

Name: Crime, Fear and the Law in True Crime Stories - (Crime Files) by Anita Biressi (Hardcover)
Brand: Palgrave MacMillan
SKU: 1006473425
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Highlights

Why do true crime stories exert such popular fascination?
About the Author: ANITA BIRESSI is a Lecturer in Media Studies at the Department of Arts and Media, Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College.
238 Pages
Social Science, Criminology
Series Name: Crime Files

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Book Synopsis

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.

About the Author

ANITA BIRESSI is a Lecturer in Media Studies at the Department of Arts and Media, Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.5 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x .63 Inches (D)

Weight: .97 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 238

Genre: Social Science

Sub-Genre: Criminology

Series Title: Crime Files

Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan

Format: Hardcover

Author: Anita Biressi

Language: English

Street Date: June 26, 2001

TCIN: 1006473425

UPC: 9780333745472

Item Number (DPCI): 247-18-5413

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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Estimated ship weight: 0.97 pounds

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