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Changing images of law in film & television crime stories
- Title
- Changing images of law in film & television crime stories / Timothy O. Lenz.
- Author
- Lenz, Timothy O., 1952-
- Publication
- New York : P. Lang, [2003], ©2003.
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- Description
- 192 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "This book examines images of law in Hollywood films and television crime dramas to better understand this conservative revolution in thinking about crime. The crime stories depicted in popular legal fiction provide interesting as well as insightful perspectives on law in American society, particularly changing images of justice and its administration as well as individual rights."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- Politics, media & popular culture ; v. 7
- Uniform Title
- Politics, media & popular culture ; v. 7.
- Subject
- Justice, Administration of, in motion pictures
- Justice, Administration of, on television
- Detective and mystery films > United States > History and criticism
- Detective and mystery television programs > United States > History and criticism
- Misdaadfilms
- Rechtspleging
- Representatie (algemeen)
- Justice > Administration, au cinéma
- Justice > Administration, à la télévision
- Films de détective > États-Unis > Histoire et critique
- Télévision > Histoire et critique. > États-Unis
- 7.150
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-188) and index.
- Contents
- Ch. 1. Looking at Crime Stories -- Ch. 2. Law in American Society -- Ch. 3. Liberal Images of Law -- Ch. 4. The Transition from Left to Right -- Ch. 5. Conservative Images of Law -- Ch. 6. A New Transitional Era?
- ISBN
- 0820457922 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2001050665
- 99818805942
- OCLC
- 48449828
- ocm48449828
- SCSB-5381850
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries