Crime, Fear and the Law in True Crime Stories

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Crime, Fear and the Law in True Crime Stories is written by Anita Biressi and published by Springer. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1403913595 (ISBN 10) and 9781403913593 (ISBN 13).

Why do true crime stories exert such popular fascination? What do they have to say about the fear of crime in the present moment? This book examines the historical origins and development of true crime and its evolution into distinctive contemporary forms. Embracing a range of non-fiction accounts - true crime book and magazines, law and order television, popular journalism - it traces how they harness and explore current concerns about law and order, crime and punishment and personal vulnerability.