Essays about: "Crime fiction"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words Crime fiction.
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1. Captivating Communication : The Swedish Prison and Probation Service’s Storytelling and Creation of Legitimacy
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kriminologiska institutionenAbstract : The stories about prison are infinite, and ultimately affect our understanding of incarceration. Punishment and prison are also political, and the shape of the penal system is fundamentally different in different countries. READ MORE
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2. Exposing Masculinities : Reframing the Hardboiled Detective in Lehane’s Shutter Island
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)Abstract : This literary study examines the relationship between the hardboiled detective and the 2003 detective novel Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane. Known for his thought provoking stories as a crime novelist, Lehane exemplifies the desire of a current literary shift from stoic patriarchal constructs of detective archetypes towards a more feminist perspective. READ MORE
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3. An Analysis of the Female Character in Patricia Cornwell’s Postmortem: A Pedagogical Use of Crime Fiction in Connection with the Teaching of Gender Norms
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionenAbstract : .... READ MORE
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4. Do We Mistake Fiction for Fact? : Investigating Whether the Consumption of Fictional Crime-related Media May Help to Explain the Criminal Profiling Illusion
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för kriminologi (KR)Abstract : The disparity between the ongoing use, the overall positive attitudes towards criminal profiling and the lack of empirical evidence for its validity is also referred to as criminal profiling illusion. Associated risks for society range from misled police investigations, hindered apprehensions of the actual offender(s), and wrongful convictions of innocent citizens to mistrust in the police and their methods. READ MORE
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5. “Get a Problem, Solve a Problem”: Vulnerability, Precarity and Vigilantism in Lee Child’s Jack Reacher Novels
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : This paper analyzes how vulnerability is represented in the Jack Reacher series, by drawing onwork by Bryan Turner and Judith Butler. The purpose of the research is to investigate the reasonReacher’s acts of vigilantism are needed. READ MORE