{"product_id":"watching-the-cops-9781476689340","title":"Watching the Cops","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Globally, police officers are the object of unprecedented visual scrutiny. The use of mobile phones, CCTV and personal body cams means that police are not only being filmed on the job but are also filming themselves. In popular culture, police have featured heavily on the big screen since the era of silent shorts and on television since the 1930s. Their fictional portrayals today take on added significance in light of social unrest surrounding cases of police brutality and discrimination.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   These essays  explore 21st century portrayals of police on film and television. Chapters often emphasize the Black Lives Matter movement and consider the tone, quality, appropriateness and intention of film and television featuring police activity. Extensively covered works include \u003ci\u003eMindhunter, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Cops, Criminal Minds\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRoboCop\u003c\/i\u003e, and among the major topics addressed are policing communities, hunting serial killers, police animals, and police in historic \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: Past and Future Visions of Policing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMeredith A. Harmes, Marcus K. Harmes, and Barbara Harmes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Scotland Yard will never catch him\": Victorian Detectives on Television\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBarbara Harmes, Marcus K. Harmes, and Meredith Harmes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHercule Poirot versus the Police: Detecting The ABC Murders\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMark Aldridge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterrogating Representations of Criminal Justice Policy and Procedure in Netflix's Criminal: UK \/ Germany \/ France \/ Spain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBen Lamb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Blonde angels and damsels in distress\": Death Aesthetics and Racial Hierarchies in the American Police Procedural\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMalinda Hackett\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvil Cops: Two Supernatural Procedurals Take on Police Brutality\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLynn Kozak\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"A man must have a code\": Good ­Po-Lice and Representations of Masculinity in HBO's The Wire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKyle Barrett\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCops, Live PD, and the Problem with ­Post–BLM Reality TV Policing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAaron Duplantier\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"A traffic stop gone wrong\": Cartesian Police Violence Representation in The Hate U Give (2018)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHilde van der Wal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"What you gonna do when they come for you?\": Cops and the Urgency of Black Flight in Antoinette Nwandu's Pass Over\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCornelius Fortune\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExceptional Breeding: The Serial Killer Births the Mindhunter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMichele Byers and Rachael Collins\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMindhunter versus Criminal Minds: Degrees of Procedurality, Todorov, and Complex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eElly Temelcos\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFemale Sleuths and Postfeminism in Modern American Crime Shows: Bones and Castle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLindsay Helwig\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGender (In)equality in Recent Cuban Police Dramas: Tras la huella, Patrulla 444, and Unidad Nacional Operativa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarlos Uxo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePembleton versus Holt: Policing While Black in Homicide and Brooklyn ­Nine-Nine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eErin Giannini\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrooklyn ­Nine-Nine: The Procedural Comedy After the 2020 Black Lives Matter Movement\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHannah Spruce\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMore Than Colleagues, Less Than Human: Implications of Anthropomorphic Policing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMarcus K. Harmes, Meredith A. Harmes, and Barbara Harmes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDon't Stand So Close to Me (Because I'll Be Watching Every Breath You Take): Robotic Police and Digital Surveillance in the 21st Century\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDavid Riddle Watson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFuture Visions of Policing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMarcus K. Harmes, Meredith A. Harmes, and Barbara Harmes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMarcus K. Harmes, Meredith A. Harmes, and Barbara Harmes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Contributors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040508838231,"sku":"9781476689340","price":40.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476689340.jpg?v=1750946965","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/watching-the-cops-9781476689340","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}