Law and order
Subtitle: images, meanings, myths
By: Mariana Valverde.
Series: Critical issues in crime and society
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9780813538792; 9780813538808
Subjects: Crime and the press; Crime in mass media; Criminal investigation in mass media; Mass media and crime; Mass media and criminal justice; Fear of crime; Law enforcement; Crime -- Sociological aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Social semiotics : the basics; title: Representations and their social effects : a template; title: Science and the semiotics of deviance; title: The authority of the detective : the birth of the forensic gaze; title: From the hard-boiled detective to the pre-crime unit : American representations of justice; title: The invention of the psycho killer and the rise and fall of the welfare state; title: Chronotopes of crime : perceptions of danger in urban space; title: "Greusome" pictures : images and their effects in criminal justice practice.