LEADER 03690nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910829029103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8147-7741-4 010 $a0-8147-4529-6 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814745298 035 $a(CKB)2550000000047441 035 $a(EBL)865621 035 $a(OCoLC)751978637 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000606285 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11372080 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000606285 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10581629 035 $a(PQKB)11236733 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC865621 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse4862 035 $a(DE-B1597)548681 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814745298 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000047441 100 $a20110401d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|un|u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCriminology goes to the movies $ecrime theory and popular culture /$fNicole Rafter and Michelle Brown 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cNew York University$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (240 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8147-7652-3 311 0 $a0-8147-7651-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: taking criminology to the movies -- "For money and a woman" : rational choice theories and double indemnity -- "He's alive!" : biological theories and Frankenstein -- "Blood, mother, blood!" : psychological theories and psycho -- "You talking to me?" : social disorganization theories and taxi driver -- "You're giving me a nervous breakdown" : strain theories and traffic -- Getting the drift : social learning theories and Mystic River -- "Pornography in foot-high stacks" : labeling theory and capturing the Friedmans -- Fight the power : conflict theories and do the right thing -- "Let her go" : feminist criminology and thelma and louise -- A matter of time : lifecourse theories and city of God -- Conclusion: the big picture. 330 $aInvestigating cinema under the magnifying glass From a look at classics like Psycho and Double Indemnity to recent films like Traffic and Thelma & Louise, Nicole Rafter and Michelle Brown show that criminological theory is produced not only in the academy, through scholarly research, but also in popular culture, through film. Criminology Goes to the Movies connects with ways in which students are already thinking criminologically through engagements with popular culture, encouraging them to use the everyday world as a vehicle for theorizing and understanding both crime and perceptions of criminality. The first work to bring a systematic and sophisticated criminological perspective to bear on crime films, Rafter and Brown?s book provides a fresh way of looking at cinema, using the concepts and analytical tools of criminology to uncover previously unnoticed meanings in film, ultimately making the study of criminological theory more engaging and effective for students while simultaneously demonstrating how theories of crime circulate in our mass-mediated worlds. The result is an illuminating new way of seeing movies and a delightful way of learning about criminology. Instructor's Guide 606 $aCrime in popular culture 606 $aCriminology 615 0$aCrime in popular culture. 615 0$aCriminology. 676 $a364 700 $aRafter$b Nicole Hahn$f1939-$01596811 701 $aBrown$b Michelle$f1971-$01683120 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910829029103321 996 $aCriminology goes to the movies$94187984 997 $aUNINA