RT Book
T1 Crimesploitation: crime, punishment, and pleasure on reality television
T2 The Cultural Lives of Law
T2 De Gruyter eBook-Paket Rechtswissenschaften
A1 LaChance, Daniel 1979-
A2 Kaplan, Paul 1968-
LA English
PP Stanford, CA
PB Stanford University Press
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1806267195
AB "Due to the graphic nature of this program, viewer discretion is advised." Most of us have encountered this warning while watching television at some point. It is typically attached to a brand of reality crime TV that Paul Kaplan and Daniel LaChance call "crimesploitation": spectacles designed to entertain mass audiences by exhibiting "real" criminal behavior and its consequences. This book examines their enduring popularity in American culture. Analyzing the structure and content of several popular crimesploitation shows, including Cops, Dog: The Bounty Hunter, and To Catch a Predator, as well as newer examples like Making a Murderer and Don't F**K with Cats, Kaplan and LaChance highlight the troubling nature of the genre: though it presents itself as ethical and righteous, its entertainment value hinges upon suffering. Viewers can imagine themselves as deviant and ungovernable like the criminals in the show, thereby escaping a law-abiding lifestyle. Alternatively, they can identify with law enforcement officials, exercising violence, control, and "justice" on criminal others. Crimesploitation offers a sobering look at the depictions of criminals, policing, and punishment in modern America
CN PN1992.8.T78
SN 9781503631748
K1 Crime on television
K1 Punishment on television
K1 Reality television programs : United States : History and criticism
K1 True crime television programs : United States : History and criticism
K1 LAW / Criminal Law / General
K1 Crime
K1 Cultural Criminology
K1 Cultural History
K1 Law & Society
K1 Mass Incarceration
K1 Media Studies
K1 Neoliberalism
K1 Punishment
K1 Reality Television
K1 popular culture
DO 10.1515/9781503631748