Crimesploitation : crime, punishment, and pleasure on reality television /

"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 television that Paul Kaplan and Daniel LaChance call "crimesploitation,&quo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Kaplan, Paul, 1968- (Author), LaChance, Daniel, 1979- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2022].
Series:	Cultural lives of law.
Subjects:	True crime television programs > United States > History and criticism. Reality television programs > United States > History and criticism. Crime on television. Punishment on television.

Table of Contents:

Introduction : the disciplined and the delinquent
Humilitainment, Inc. : policing the criminal on primetime
Watching the night creatures : crimesploitation and boredom
Cuffs of love : punishment and redemption in crimesploitation
Middlebrow crimesploitation
Epilogue : w(h)ither crimesploitation?