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Changing Images of Law in Film and Television Crime Stories » (New Edition)
Authors: Timothy O. Lenz
ISBN-13: 9780820457925, ISBN-10: 0820457922
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Lang, Peter Publishing, Incorporated
Date Published: September 2003
Edition: New Edition
Author Biography: Timothy O. Lenz
Book Synopsis
Lenz (political science, Florida Atlantic U., Boca Raton) provides recapitulations of the movies and television series that he cites for evidence of the shift from liberal to conservative images of policing in the US. Along with the discussion of media representations of policing and crime is an analysis of the shift in the political stance towards these issues beginning around 1970. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Table of Contents
| List of Illustrations | ||
| List of Tables | ||
| Preface | ||
| Acknowledgments | ||
| Ch. 1 | Looking at Crime Stories | 1 |
| Ch. 2 | Law in American Society | 23 |
| Ch. 3 | Liberal Images of Law | 45 |
| Ch. 4 | The Transition from Left to Right | 77 |
| Ch. 5 | Conservative Images of Law | 105 |
| Ch. 6 | A New Transitional Era? | 149 |
| References | 179 | |
| Index | 189 |
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Entertainment
Books on Film Film Genres
Entertainment Books on Film Film History & Criticism
Entertainment Television Television Programs - Mystery & Detective Programs
Nonfiction Entertainment Books on Film
Nonfiction Entertainment Television
Books on Film Film GenresEntertainment
Books on Film Film History & CriticismEntertainment
Television Television Programs - Mystery & Detective ProgramsNonfiction
Entertainment Books on FilmNonfiction
Entertainment Television
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