RT Book
T1 Video games, crime and control: getting played
T2 Routledge studies in crime, media and popular culture
A2 Grubb, Jonathan A.
A2 Steinmetz, Kevin F.
LA English
PP London New York
PB Routledge
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1885894236
AB "Discussing the state of play in contemporary popular culture, specifically the role of crime and crime control in the video game medium, this book discusses the criminological importance of video games. Pulling together an international group of scholars from Brazil, Canada, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States, this edited volume analyzes a wide range of noteworthy video games, including Bioshock, Death Stranding, Diablo 2, Beat Cop, The Last of Us, Disco Elysium, Red Dead Redemption, P.T., Spider-Man, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, and Grand Theft Auto. The book thus seeks to advance dialog on video games as important cultural artifacts containing significant insights regarding dominant perceptions, interests, anxieties, contradictions, and other matters of criminological interest. Covering policing, vigilantism, different forms of violence, genocide, mental illness, and criminological theory, Video Games, Crime and Control will be of great interest to students and scholars of Criminology, Media Studies, and Sociology, specifically those focusing on Game Studies and Cultural Criminology"--
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN GV1469.34.V56
SN 9781032388090
SN 9781032388038
K1 Crime in video games
K1 Violence in video games
K1 Criminology
K1 Social Control
K1 Popular Culture
K1 Video Games : Social aspects
K1 Video Games : Psychological aspects