In an innovative departure from the much-studied field of 'crime in
the media', this lively book focuses its attention on the forces of
law and order; how they visualize and represent danger and
criminality and how they represent themselves as authorities. After
two chapters covering basic terms and tools in the study of culture
and representation, the book covers such topics as the history of
justice - system methods for visualizing criminality, from
fingerprinting to DNA; the emergence of a 'forensic gaze' that
begins with Edgar Allan Poe and Sherlock Holmes and culminates in
the American television show Crime Scene Investigation and the rise
of ways of seeing urban space that constantly divide the city into
'good' and 'bad' areas. The final chapter uses some recent
conflicts regarding the legal admissibility of 'gruesome pictures'
to reflect on the importance of the visual in our everyday
experiences, both of safety and of danger. Shortlisted for the Hart
SLSA Book Prize 2007
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