Crime, Fear and the Law in True Crime Stories

Why do true crime stories exert such popular fascination? What do they have to say about the fear of crime in the present moment? This book examines the historical origins and development of true crime and its evolution into distinctive contemporary forms. Embracing a range of non-fiction accounts - true crime book and magazines, law and order television, popular journalism - it traces how they harness and explore current concerns about law and order, crime and punishment and personal vulnerability.

Author: Anita Biressi
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 06/26/2001
Pages: 238
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.63d
ISBN: 9780333745472

About the Author
ANITA BIRESSI is a Lecturer in Media Studies at the Department of Arts and Media, Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College.