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Law and order : images, meanings, myths
- Title
- Law and order : images, meanings, myths / Mariana Valverde.
- Author
- Valverde, Mariana, 1955-
- Publication
- New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2006.
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Details
- Description
- 172 p.; 25 cm.
- Series Statement
- Critical issues in crime and society
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Social semiotics : the basics -- Representations and their social effects : a template -- Science and the semiotics of deviance -- The authority of the detective : the birth of the forensic gaze -- From the hard-boiled detective to the pre-crime unit : American representations of justice -- The invention of the psycho killer and the rise and fall of the welfare state -- Chronotopes of crime : perceptions of danger in urban space -- "Greusome" pictures : images and their effects in criminal justice practice.
- Call Number
- JFE 06-12693
- ISBN
- 0813538793 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0813538807 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2005035876
- 9780813538792
- 9780813538808
- OCLC
- 62533925
- Author
- Valverde, Mariana, 1955-
- Title
- Law and order : images, meanings, myths / Mariana Valverde.
- Imprint
- New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2006.
- Series
- Critical issues in crime and society
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Connect to:
- Other Standard Identifier
- 97808135387929780813538808
- Research Call Number
- JFE 06-12693