CRIM 1650 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Link Tv, Reality Television

• School: York University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 1650
• Professor: James Williams

Document Summary

Master status: identity: powerful label that gets imposed onto people (ex. Popularity: ober the past 50 years, 20-40% of crime tv shows focused on policing and law enforcement, making the police crime drama the most popular form of tv drama. The first element of the sructures in crime drama is with the profile of violent crime, followed by investigation, detective work. As part of the story being told there is a story being told about the victim, offender the impact of the crime is dramatized: cartoon-like, unrealistic portrayals of the offender. Mental disturbance, and: resolution and a moral message. The issue is resolved, and at the same time the bad-guy is captured and there is always a moral message. Themes (conveyed through crime drama: dehumanization of offenders, the dangers of urban life, fear and random violence. The crime portrayed is typically committed by a stranger. Random in nature: police as crime experts .