Watching the Cops : Essays on Police and Policing in 21st Century Film and Television.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harmes, Marcus K.

Contributor:

Harmes, Barbara.

Harmes, Meredith A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Police on television.

Television cop shows--History and criticism.

Television cop shows.

Police films--History and criticism.

Police films.

Police in motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Social aspects.

Motion pictures.

Television programs--Social aspects.

Television programs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (298 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers, 2023.

Summary:

"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. 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 Mindhunter, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Cops, Criminal Minds and RoboCop, and among the major topics addressed are policing communities, hunting serial killers, police animals, and police in historic settings ranging from the 19th century through the present day and into science fiction futures"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Introduction: Past and Future Visions of Policing

"Scotland Yard will never catch him": Victorian Detectives on Television

Hercule Poirot versus the Police: Detecting The ABC Murders

Interrogating Representations of Criminal Justice Policy and Procedure in Netflix's Criminal: UK/Germany/France/Spain

"Blonde angels and damsels in distress": Death Aesthetics and Racial Hierarchies in the American Police Procedural

Evil Cops: Two Supernatural Procedurals Take on Police Brutality

"A man must have a code": Good Po-Lice and Representations of Masculinity in HBO's The Wire

Cops, Live PD, and the Problem

"A traffic stop gone wrong": Cartesian Police Violence Representation in The Hate U Give (2018)

"What you gonna do when they come for you?": Cops and the Urgency of Black Flight in Antionette Nwandu's Pass Over

Exceptional Breeding: The Serial Killer Births the Mindhunter

Mindhunter versus Criminal Minds: Degrees of Procedurality, Todorov, and Complex TV

Gender (In)equality in Recent Cuban Police Dramas: Tras la huella, Patrulla 444, and Unidad Nacional Operativa

Female Sleuths and Postfeminism in Modern American Crime Shows: Bones and Castle

Pembleton versus Holt: Policing While Black in Homicide and Brooklyn ­Nine-Nine

Brooklyn Nine-Nine: The Procedural Comedy After the 2020 Black Lives Matter Movement

More Than Colleagues, Less Than Human: Implications of Anthropomorphic Policing

Don't Stand So Close to Me (Because I'll Be Watching Every Breath You Take): Robotic Police and Digital Surveillance in the 21st Century

Future Visions of Policing

Conclusion

About the Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Harmes, Marcus K. Watching the Cops

ISBN:

1-4766-4973-1