1st Edition

Crime and Popular Culture Rule Breakers

By Jenny Wise Copyright 2027
208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

Crime and Popular Culture: Rule Breakers  analyses society's fascination with criminals and investigates the changing acceptability of rule breakers across different times and contexts through a cultural criminological lens. Divided into two parts, this book begins by examining factual representations of rule breakers in media, tourism, and murderabilia and then focuses on fictional... Read more

1.Introduction.  Part I - ‘Real-life’ representations of rule breakers.  2.Historical representations of rule breakers in print.  3.Instantaneous, multisensory reporting of rule breakers.  4.Tourism.  5.True crime collecting, souvenirs and murderabilia.  Part II - Rule breakers, romanticisation and fabrication.  6.Literature.  7.Films, television series and music.  8.Alcohol.  9.Games.  10.Conclusion.

Biography

Jenny Wise is Associate Professor in Criminology within the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences at the University of New England. Her research focuses on the social impacts of forensic science on the criminal justice system, the role of the CSI Effect in changing criminal justice practices, dark tourism and crime as a form of leisure.