Learning to Live with Crime : American Crime Narrative in the Neoconservative Turn /

"In Learning to Live with Crime, Christopher P. Wilson examines this war on crime and how it has made its way into cultural representation and public consciousness. Under the sway of neoconservative approaches to criminal justice and public safety, Americans have been urged to see crime as an i...

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Autore principale: Wilson, Christopher P. (Christopher Pierce), 1952-
Natura: Elettronico eBook
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2010]
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Sommario:
  • Getting wise(guys) : the witness protection narrative
  • The box in the box : putting interrogation in prime time
  • The time of the crime : cold case squads and neoconservative social memory
  • Risk management : Frank Abagnale Jr. and the shadowing of pleasure
  • "Doing time" : keepers, brothers, and the prison expose
  • Epilogue : public secrets.