View in EDS PDF Full Text ePub Full Text

Crimesploitation : Crime, Punishment, and Pleasure on Reality Television

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Title: Crimesploitation : Crime, Punishment, and Pleasure on Reality Television
Description: 'Due to the graphic nature of this program, viewer discretion is advised.'Most of us have encountered this warning while watching television at some point. It is typically attached to a brand of reality crime TV that Paul Kaplan and Daniel LaChance call'crimesploitation': spectacles designed to entertain mass audiences by exhibiting'real'criminal behavior and its consequences. This book examines their enduring popularity in American culture. Analyzing the structure and content of several popular crimesploitation shows, including Cops, Dog: The Bounty Hunter, and To Catch a Predator, as well as newer examples like Making a Murderer and Don't F••K with Cats, Kaplan and LaChance highlight the troubling nature of the genre: though it presents itself as ethical and righteous, its entertainment value hinges upon suffering. Viewers can imagine themselves as deviant and ungovernable like the criminals in the show, thereby escaping a law-abiding lifestyle. Alternatively, they can identify with law enforcement officials, exercising violence, control, and'justice'on criminal others. Crimesploitation offers a sobering look at the depictions of criminals, policing, and punishment in modern America.
Authors: Daniel LaChance, Paul Kaplan
Resource Type: eBook.
Subjects: Punishment on television, True crime television programs--United States--History and criticism, Reality television programs--United States--History and criticism, Crime on television
Categories: LAW / Criminal Law / General, LAW / Media & the Law, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology
Database: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
FullText Links:
  – Type: ebook-pdf
  – Type: ebook-epub
Text:
  Availability: 0
Header DbId: nlebk
DbLabel: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)
An: 3206115
RelevancyScore: 1110
AccessLevel: 6
PubType: eBook
PubTypeId: ebook
PreciseRelevancyScore: 1109.74133300781
IllustrationInfo
ImageInfo – Size: thumb
  Target: https://rps2images.ebscohost.com/rpsweb/othumb?id=NL$3206115$PDF&s=r
– Size: medium
  Target: https://rps2images.ebscohost.com/rpsweb/othumb?id=NL$3206115$PDF&s=d
Items – Name: Title
  Label: Title
  Group: Ti
  Data: Crimesploitation : Crime, Punishment, and Pleasure on Reality Television
– Name: Abstract
  Label: Description
  Group: Ab
  Data: 'Due to the graphic nature of this program, viewer discretion is advised.'Most of us have encountered this warning while watching television at some point. It is typically attached to a brand of reality crime TV that Paul Kaplan and Daniel LaChance call'crimesploitation': spectacles designed to entertain mass audiences by exhibiting'real'criminal behavior and its consequences. This book examines their enduring popularity in American culture. Analyzing the structure and content of several popular crimesploitation shows, including Cops, Dog: The Bounty Hunter, and To Catch a Predator, as well as newer examples like Making a Murderer and Don't F••K with Cats, Kaplan and LaChance highlight the troubling nature of the genre: though it presents itself as ethical and righteous, its entertainment value hinges upon suffering. Viewers can imagine themselves as deviant and ungovernable like the criminals in the show, thereby escaping a law-abiding lifestyle. Alternatively, they can identify with law enforcement officials, exercising violence, control, and'justice'on criminal others. Crimesploitation offers a sobering look at the depictions of criminals, policing, and punishment in modern America.
– Name: Author
  Label: Authors
  Group: Au
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="AR" term="%22Daniel+LaChance%22">Daniel LaChance</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="AR" term="%22Paul+Kaplan%22">Paul Kaplan</searchLink>
– Name: TypePub
  Label: Resource Type
  Group: TypPub
  Data: eBook.
– Name: Subject
  Label: Subjects
  Group: Su
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Punishment+on+television%22">Punishment on television</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22True+crime+television+programs--United+States--History+and+criticism%22">True crime television programs--United States--History and criticism</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Reality+television+programs--United+States--History+and+criticism%22">Reality television programs--United States--History and criticism</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Crime+on+television%22">Crime on television</searchLink>
– Name: SubjectBISAC
  Label: Categories
  Group: Su
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="ZK" term="%22LAW+%2F+Criminal+Law+%2F+General%22">LAW / Criminal Law / General</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="ZK" term="%22LAW+%2F+Media+%26+the+Law%22">LAW / Media & the Law</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="ZK" term="%22SOCIAL+SCIENCE+%2F+Criminology%22">SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology</searchLink>
PLink https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=nlebk&AN=3206115
RecordInfo BibRecord:
  BibEntity:
    Classifications:
      – Code: 791.456556
        Scheme: ddc
        Type: prePub
    Languages:
      – Code: eng
        Text: English
    Subjects:
      – SubjectFull: Punishment on television
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: True crime television programs--United States--History and criticism
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Reality television programs--United States--History and criticism
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Crime on television
        Type: general
    Titles:
      – TitleFull: Crimesploitation : Crime, Punishment, and Pleasure on Reality Television
        Type: main
  BibRelationships:
    HasContributorRelationships:
      – PersonEntity:
          Name:
            NameFull: Daniel LaChance
      – PersonEntity:
          Name:
            NameFull: Paul Kaplan
      – PersonEntity:
          Name:
            NameFull: Daniel LaChance
      – PersonEntity:
          Name:
            NameFull: Paul Kaplan
    IsPartOfRelationships:
      – BibEntity:
          Dates:
            – D: 01
              M: 01
              Type: published
              Y: 2022
            – D: 31
              M: 05
              Type: profile
              Y: 2022
          Identifiers:
            – Type: isbn-print
              Value: 9781503613683
            – Type: isbn-print
              Value: 9781503631731
            – Type: isbn-electronic
              Value: 9781503631748
          Titles:
            – TitleFull: Crimesploitation : Crime, Punishment, and Pleasure on Reality Television
              Type: main
ResultId 1