Forensics in American culture : obsessed with crime / by Jean Otto Ford.
Material type: TextSeries: Forensics, the science of crime-solvingPublication details: Philadelphia : Mason Crest Publishers, c2006.Description: 112 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cmISBN:- 142220037X
- 9781422200377
- Crime in popular culture -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- Crime -- Juvenile literature
- Crime in mass media -- Juvenile literature
- Criminal investigation in mass media -- Juvenile literature
- Forensic sciences -- Juvenile literature
- Crime
- Popular culture
- Criminal investigation
- Forensic sciences
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- 363.25 FOR 22
- HV6789 .F67 2006
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Summary adapted from p. [4] of cover.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 107) and index.
Fasacination and fear -- Willing witnesses : crime and the news media -- Armchair investigators : crime on television -- Criminal capers : crime and Hollywood -- Virtual villains : crime and computers -- Criminal genius : using crime in education and related careers.
A look at how the culture's "fascination with crime shapes modern news media, television programming, and the Internet." The book "also provides information on the real-life opportunities for forensic careers."
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