Perilous policing: an analysis of the Resident Evil Series

The current analysis takes seriously representations of the police throughout the Resident Evil series, a hallmark horror game franchise. Drawing from both cultural criminology and gothic criminology, this study involves a grounded theory-based analysis of representations of the police throughout th...

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Authors: Steinmetz, Kevin F. (Author) ; Petkovsek, Melissa A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Critical criminology
Year: 2023, Volume: 31, Issue: 1, Pages: 161-180
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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