Research Catalog
- Title
- Criminology goes to the movies : crime theory and popular culture / Nicole Rafter and Michelle Brown.
- Author
- Rafter, Nicole Hahn, 1939-
- Publication
- New York : New York University, c2011.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | HV6030 .R34 2011 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Brown, Michelle, 1971-
- Description
- xi, 227 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Uniform Title
- Project Muse UPCC books
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction: 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.
- ISBN
- 9780814776513 (cl : alk. paper)
- 0814776515 (cl : alk. paper)
- 9780814776520 (pb : alk. paper)
- 0814776523 (pb : alk. paper)
- 9780814777411 (e-book)
- 0814777414 (e-book)
- LCCN
- ^^2011012522
- OCLC
- 711642677
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library