03804nam 2200721 450 991082256890332120230626010300.01-5036-3174-510.1515/9781503631748(CKB)5580000000298197(DE-B1597)627118(DE-B1597)9781503631748EBL7012544(AU-PeEL)EBL7012544(MiAaPQ)EBC7012544(OCoLC)1322125351(EXLCZ)99558000000029819720230626d2022 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCrimesploitation crime, punishment, and pleasure on reality television /Paul Kaplan and Daniel LaChanceFirst edition.Stanford, California :Stanford University Press,[2022]©20221 online resource (180 p.)The cultural lives of lawDescription based upon print version of record.1-5036-1368-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : the disciplined and the delinquent -- Humilitainment, Inc. : policing the criminal on primetime -- Watching the night creatures : crimesploitation and boredom -- Cuffs of love : punishment and redemption in crimesploitation -- Middlebrow crimesploitation -- Epilogue : w(h)ither crimesploitation?"Due to the graphic nature of this program, viewer discretion is advised." Most of us have encountered this warning while watching television at some point. It is typically attached to a brand of reality crime TV that Paul Kaplan and Daniel LaChance call "crimesploitation": spectacles designed to entertain mass audiences by exhibiting "real" criminal behavior and its consequences. This book examines their enduring popularity in American culture. Analyzing the structure and content of several popular crimesploitation shows, including Cops, Dog: The Bounty Hunter, and To Catch a Predator, as well as newer examples like Making a Murderer and Don't F**K with Cats, Kaplan and LaChance highlight the troubling nature of the genre: though it presents itself as ethical and righteous, its entertainment value hinges upon suffering. Viewers can imagine themselves as deviant and ungovernable like the criminals in the show, thereby escaping a law-abiding lifestyle. Alternatively, they can identify with law enforcement officials, exercising violence, control, and "justice" on criminal others. Crimesploitation offers a sobering look at the depictions of criminals, policing, and punishment in modern America.Cultural lives of law.True crime television programsUnited StatesHistory and criticismReality television programsUnited StatesHistory and criticismCrime on televisionPunishment on televisionCrime.Cultural Criminology.Cultural History.Law & Society.Mass Incarceration.Media Studies.Neoliberalism.Punishment.Reality Television.popular culture.True crime television programsHistory and criticism.Reality television programsHistory and criticism.Crime on television.Punishment on television.791.456556Kaplan Paul1968-1664531LaChance Daniel1979-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822568903321Crimesploitation4022577UNINA