Items related to Criminology Goes to the Movies: Crime Theory and Popular...
Synopsis
Investigating cinema under the magnifying glass
From a look at classics like Psycho and Double Indemnity to recent films like Traffic and Thelma & Louise, Nicole Rafter and Michelle Brown show that criminological theory is produced not only in the academy, through scholarly research, but also in popular culture, through film. Criminology Goes to the Movies connects with ways in which students are already thinking criminologically through engagements with popular culture, encouraging them to use the everyday world as a vehicle for theorizing and understanding both crime and perceptions of criminality. The first work to bring a systematic and sophisticated criminological perspective to bear on crime films, Rafter and Brown’s book provides a fresh way of looking at cinema, using the concepts and analytical tools of criminology to uncover previously unnoticed meanings in film, ultimately making the study of criminological theory more engaging and effective for students while simultaneously demonstrating how theories of crime circulate in our mass-mediated worlds. The result is an illuminating new way of seeing movies and a delightful way of learning about criminology.
Instructor's Guide
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Book Description
About the Author
Nicole Rafter was Professor Emeritus of Criminology at Northeastern University. Her publications include The Crime of All Crimes: Toward a Criminology of Genocide, The Criminal Brain: Understanding Biological Theories of Crime, and, with Michelle Brown, Criminology Goes to the Movies. In 2009, Rafter was awarded the Sutherland Award by the American Society of Criminology
for outstanding contributions to the discipline.
Michelle Brown is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Tennessee and Fellow at the Indiana University Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions and author of The Culture of Punishment: Prison, Society, and Spectacle.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherNYU Press
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 0814776523
- ISBN 13 9780814776520
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages236
- Rating
Buy New
Learn more about this copy
US$ 20.27
Shipping:
US$ 3.50
Within U.S.A.
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
Criminology Goes to the Movies: Crime Theory and Popular Culture
Seller: HPB Inc., Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!. Seller Inventory # S_409747284
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Criminology Goes to the Movies: Crime Theory and Popular Culture
Seller: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Fair. Acceptable/Fair condition. Book is worn, but the pages are complete, and the text is legible. Has wear to binding and pages, may be ex-library. 0.86. Seller Inventory # 353-0814776523-acp
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Criminology Goes to the Movies: Crime Theory and Popular Culture
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Very Good. Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting. 0.86. Seller Inventory # 0814776523-2-3
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Criminology Goes to the Movies: Crime Theory and Popular Culture
Seller: Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Good. Buy with confidence! Book is in good condition with minor wear to the pages, binding, and minor marks within 0.86. Seller Inventory # bk0814776523xvz189zvxgdd
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Criminology Goes to the Movies: Crime Theory and Popular Culture
Seller: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Fine. Like New condition. Great condition, but not exactly fully crisp. The book may have been opened and read, but there are no defects to the book, jacket or pages. 0.86. Seller Inventory # 353-0814776523-lkn
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Criminology Goes to the Movies: Crime Theory and Popular Culture
Seller: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Shows only minor signs of wear, and very minimal markings inside (if any). 0.86. Seller Inventory # 353-0814776523-vrg
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Criminology Goes to the Movies: Crime Theory and Popular Culture
Seller: Textbooks_Source, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
paperback. Condition: Good. First Printing (Numerals Begin with 1). Ships same day or next business day! UPS shipping available (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes). Used sticker and some writing and/or highlighting. Used books may not include working access code. Used books will not include dust jackets. Seller Inventory # 001213885U
Quantity: 8 available
Stock Image
Criminology Goes to the Movies: Crime Theory and Popular Culture
Published by
NYU Press, 2011
ISBN 10: 0814776523
ISBN 13: 9780814776520
Used
Soft cover
First Edition
Seller: TotalitarianMedia, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 3 out of 5 stars
Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Criminology Goes to the Movies: Crime Theory and Popular Culture. Brown, Michelle; Rafter, Nicole. Published by NYU Press, 2011. 225p. trade paperback, covers bumped/scuffed, text clean, solid binding-- ISBN 10: 0814776523ISBN 13: 9780814776520--13.50. Seller Inventory # ABE-1646868427981
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Criminology Goes to the Movies: Crime Theory and Popular Culture
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Softcover. Condition: Good. First Printing (Numerals Begin with 1). Investigating cinema under the magnifying glassFrom a look at classics like Psycho and Double Indemnity to recent films like Traffic and Thelma & Louise, Nicole Rafter and Michelle Brown show that criminological theory is produced not only in the academy, through scholarly research, but also in popular culture, through film. Criminology Goes to the Movies connects with ways in which students are already thinking criminologically through engagements with popular culture, encouraging them to use the everyday world as a vehicle for theorizing and understanding both crime and perceptions of criminality. The first work to bring a systematic and sophisticated criminological perspective to bear on crime films, Rafter and Browns book provides a fresh way of looking at cinema, using the concepts and analytical tools of criminology to uncover previously unnoticed meanings in film, ultimately making the study of criminological theory more engaging and effective for students while simultaneously demonstrating how theories of crime circulate in our mass-mediated worlds. The result is an illuminating new way of seeing movies and a delightful way of learning about criminology. Seller Inventory # SONG0814776523
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Criminology Goes to the Movies: Crime Theory and Popular Culture
Seller: 369 Bookstore _[~ 369 Pyramid Inc ~]_, Dover, DE, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Softcover. Condition: Good. Investigating cinema under the magnifying glassFrom a look at classics like Psycho and Double Indemnity to recent films like Traffic and Thelma & Louise, Nicole Rafter and Michelle Brown show that criminological theory is produced not only in the academy, through scholarly research, but also in popular culture, through film. Criminology Goes to the Movies connects with ways in which students are already thinking criminologically through engagements with popular culture, encouraging them to use the everyday world as a vehicle for theorizing and understanding both crime and perceptions of criminality. The first work to bring a systematic and sophisticated criminological perspective to bear on crime films, Rafter and Brown?s book provides a fresh way of looking at cinema, using the concepts and analytical tools of criminology to uncover previously unnoticed meanings in film, ultimately making the study of criminological theory more engaging and effective for students while simultaneously demonstrating how theories of crime circulate in our mass-mediated worlds. The result is an illuminating new way of seeing movies and a delightful way of learning about criminology. Seller Inventory # AMPLE0814776523
Quantity: 1 available