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Author:

Rapping, Elayne, 1938-

Title:

Law and justice as seen on TV / Elayne Rapping.

Publisher:

New York University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2003

Description:

ix, 309 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Justice, Administration of, on television.
Lawyers on television.

Contents:

[Pt.] I. Fiction and enterment genres. The return of the attorney-hero: politics and justice in the prime time courtroom ; Aliens, nomads, mad dogs, and road warriors: tabloid TV and new face of criminal violence ; Signs of the times: "Oz" and the sudden visibility of prisons on television -- [Pt.] II. News and documentary genres. Cameras, Court TV, and the rise of the criminal trial as major media event ; The politics of representation: gender violence, and criminal justice ; Television and family dysfunction: from the talk show to the courtroom ; Television and the demonization of youth ; Television, melodrama, and the rise of the victims' rights movement ; Conclusion: the criminalization of American life.

ISBN:

9780814775608 (alk. paper)
0814775608 (alk. paper)
9780814775615 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0814775616 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)52086244

LCCN:

2003008856

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

N3AX771 -- Drake Law School Library (Des Moines)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)