Criminal Law

Crime and Popular Culture: Rule Breakers

By Jenny Wise
Coming Soon Routledge Available July 2026

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ISBN-13
9781032806891
Publisher
Routledge
Publication
July 2026
Format
Paperback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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Crime and Popular Culture: Rule Breakers analyses society's fascination with criminals and investigates the changing acceptability of rule breakers across different times and contexts through a cultural criminological lens.

Divided into two parts, the book begins by examining factual representations of rule breakers in media, tourism, and murderabilia, and then focuses on fictional representations in literature, film, music, alcohol, and gaming industries. It analyzes the romanticization of criminals and the intertwined effect of popular culture on the 'real world', including cases where offenders were allegedly inspired by popular culture. Familiar case studies include crime-related dark tourism sites, moral panics surrounding music and deviance, and the growing popularity of immersive criminal world experiences in gaming.

Crime and Popular Culture will appeal to students, scholars, and anyone with an interest in criminology, cultural studies, crime and the media, and a fascination with crime and popular culture.

Table of Contents

1.Introduction

Part I - ‘Real-life’ representations of rule breakers
2.Historical representations of rule breakers in print
3.Instantaneous, multisensory reporting of rule breakers
4.Tourism
5.True crime collecting, souvenirs and murderabilia

Part II - Rule breakers, romanticisation and fabrication
6.Literature
7.Films, television series and music
8.Alcohol
9.Games
10.Conclusion
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