What is it about?
The article explores the ways criminology and criminal justice students use crime drama. It takes issue with the limited amount of research in this area which claims that crime drama is misleading and 'sensationalist'. By contrast, the participants used television crime fiction to explore aspects of their own personal and professional lives.
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Why is it important?
There has been little work that focuses on the ways criminology students interact with crime drama.
Perspectives
The discussion spends some time exploring emotional aspects of crime drama consumption.
Kerry Wimshurst
Griffith University
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This page is a summary of: Meaning-making and crime drama: the case of criminology students, Media International Australia, September 2018, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1329878x18798703.
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