| Changing Images of Law in Film and Television Crime Stories Contributor(s): Schultz, David A. (Editor), Lenz, Timothy O. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820457922 ISBN-13: 9780820457925 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $41.80 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2003 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - General - Law - Political Science | Civics & Citizenship |
| Dewey: 791.436 |
| LCCN: 2001050665 |
| Series: Politics, Media, and Popular Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.7" W x 8.8" (0.65 lbs) 194 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: One of the most important legal developments in the last half of the twentieth century was the change from criminal justice policies shaped primarily by liberal ideas to those shaped primarily by conservative ideas. 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. |