Crime as entertainment: The case of the TV crime drama

The culture of production behind the (re)production of football hooligan culture

“…Baird and Pennant's comments reflect Blackshaw and Crabbe's (2004) explanation of how consumptive deviance works: those who 'buy' into it -many of who are law-abiding citizens -are able to feel 'subversive' and 'deviant' through watching or reading about the aggressive hyper-masculinity, violence and transgressions of others in criminal subcultures by proxy. In this connection, Turnbull (2010) observes how crime is entertaining; indeed Katz (1988) claims that crime is seductive, hence wide-scale 'celebrated criminality' in the mediated culture industry (Penfold-Mounce 2009). Young (2009, 17) goes a step further, acknowledging 'the pleasure derived by the spectators in the image of violence'.…”

“…This is conceptualized by Penfold-Mounce (2009, 82) as 'celebrated criminality', that is: the 'celebration of transgression, deviance and rebellion' by the culture industry; or what Gregg and Wilson (2010) refer to as 'the cultural economy of infamy' underpinning 'true crime'. This is manifested in the wide appeal of 'crime as entertainment' (Turnbull 2010) and the 'spectacle' of (especially violent) crime (see , Gever 2005;O'Brien, Tzanelli, Yar, and Penna 2005). Spaaij (2006, 399) observes how, 'The commodification of football hooliganism seems to contain a mixture of: voyeurism, identification through consumption, hooligan nostalgia and financial gain'.…”

Forever trapped in the imaginary of late capitalism? The serialized true crime podcast as a wake-up call in times of criminological slumber

“…The invention of the printing press in the 15th century gave sense-making around crime a new lease of life via publications which both informed and entertained audiences. One notable example was the Newgate Calendar -a collection of true crime accounts which emerged in the early 16th century and told of the pitfalls of a life of crime (Turnbull, 2010(Turnbull, , 2014. The 19th century saw the proliferation of penny bloods -renamed penny dreadfuls in the 1860s -fictional tales of highwaymen, deviant aristocrats and determined police officers hunting down criminals (Flanders, 2011).…”

Female Crime Fighters in Television and Film: Implications and Future Directions

“…While news media typically covers true crime stories, at least high‐profile ones, it has largely been left to the crime drama to represent the work of criminal justice actors. To be sure, the public seems to have an insatiable appetite for crime dramas (Friedman ; Turnbull ). Take a look at the line‐up on network or cable television, and it is easy to see the marketability and growth of the crime drama relative to other genres.…”