Homicide in television drama series

Crofts, P

Homicide in television drama series

Crofts, P

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Publisher:: SAGE Publications
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Criminology and Criminal Justice, 2017
Issue Date:: 2017-07

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dc.contributor.author	Crofts, P https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6018-7159	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2020-04-06T05:30:44Z
dc.date.available	2020-04-06T05:30:44Z
dc.date.issued	2017-07	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Criminology and Criminal Justice, 2017	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1748-8958	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/139839
dc.description.abstract	This chapter analyzes the representation of homicide in contemporary television drama series. The chapter draws upon critical analysis from the fields of criminal law, criminology, law and literature, and cultural studies to provide various analytical frameworks and perspectives through which to understand and critique specific dramas and the portrayal of homicide drama generally. If criminology is an effort to understand crime and criminals, then crime dramas including homicide television dramas can be considered a form of popular criminology that can and should be analyzed in terms of cultural representations of crime and criminal justice. Theorists have proposed that crime fiction can be categorized as mystery, detective fiction, or crime fiction. This framework provides a means for analyzing homicide drama, including the possibility of resolution and justice, geographic and temporal settings, the portrayal of the murder, and the construction of the three stock characters of crime fiction (the victim, the detective, and the murderer). The chapter concludes with a presentation of theories about the impact of media portrayals of crime upon public beliefs about crime, criminality, and the criminal legal system.	en_US
dc.publisher	SAGE Publications	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Criminology and Criminal Justice	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1093/acrefore/9780190264079.013.108	en_US
dc.rights	Criminology and Criminal Justice, 2017. Copyright © 2017 SAGE Publications. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264079.013.108	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Criminology	en_US
dc.title	Homicide in television drama series	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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utslib.for	1801 Law	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
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Abstract:

This chapter analyzes the representation of homicide in contemporary television drama series. The chapter draws upon critical analysis from the fields of criminal law, criminology, law and literature, and cultural studies to provide various analytical frameworks and perspectives through which to understand and critique specific dramas and the portrayal of homicide drama generally. If criminology is an effort to understand crime and criminals, then crime dramas including homicide television dramas can be considered a form of popular criminology that can and should be analyzed in terms of cultural representations of crime and criminal justice. Theorists have proposed that crime fiction can be categorized as mystery, detective fiction, or crime fiction. This framework provides a means for analyzing homicide drama, including the possibility of resolution and justice, geographic and temporal settings, the portrayal of the murder, and the construction of the three stock characters of crime fiction (the victim, the detective, and the murderer). The chapter concludes with a presentation of theories about the impact of media portrayals of crime upon public beliefs about crime, criminality, and the criminal legal system.

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