Nicole Rafter was Professor Emerita in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northeastern University, where she taught since 1977. She wrote five monographs: Partial Justice: Women, State Prisons, and Social Control; Creating Born Criminals; Shots in the Mirror: Crime Films and Society; The Criminal Brain; and (with M. Brown) Criminology Goes to the Movies. In addition, she published nine other books, including translations (with Mary Gibson) of the major criminological works of Cesare Lombroso, and published over fifty journal articles and chapters. In 2009 she received the American Society of Criminology's Sutherland Award; other honors include a Fulbright Fellowship and several fellowships to Oxford University.Michelle Brown is associate professor of Sociology at the University of Tennessee. Her research explores carceral studies, visual criminology, and law and society. She is the author of The Culture of Punishment (NYUP, 2009), co-author of Criminology Goes to the Movies (with Nicole Rafter; NYUP, 2011), and co-editor of Media Representations of September 11 (Praeger, 2003). She is currently co-editing the Sage journal Crime Media Culture, The Routledge International Handbook of Visual Criminology (2017); and the Palgrave MacMillan Crime, Media and Culture Book Series. Her next book examines alternative forms of justice in response to the rise of the carceral state.

• Historical1. The Cultural Afterlife of Criminal Evidence2. Cultural Representations of 19th-Century Prostitution 3. Cultural Representations of Torture4. Folk Devils and Folk Heroes: the Janus face of the robber in popular culture5. Framing Terrorism 6. Gangsters and Genre 7. Historical Approaches to the Study of Crime, Media, and Popular Culture8. Historical Representations of Crime and the Criminal 9. Infanticide in 19th-century England10. Moral Panics 11. Music of the 1960s and Social Justice: Masterpieces of American Protest Songs and Why They Matter in the Trump Era 12. Organized Crime Mythologies13. The (In)visibility of Race in 20th-Century Crime Films14. True Crime Reporting in Early Modern England15. Vengeance in Popular Culture Aspects of the criminal justice system1. A Genre Study of Prosecutors and Criminal Defense Lawyers in American Movies and Television 2. American Lawyer and Courtroom Comedies3. American Trial Films and the Popular Culture of Law 4. Biplanes, Satellites, and Drones: A High Resolution History of Eyes in the Sky 5. Capital Punishment, Closure, and Media 6. Culture of Punishment in the USA7. False Confessions in Popular Culture8. Feminist Perspectives on Criminal Justice in Popular Culture 9. Guilt or Innocence: Lessons About the Legal Process in American Courtroom Films10. Human Trafficking and the Media in the United States11. Images of Alternative Justice 12. Politics of Vision in the Carceral State: Legibility and Looking in Hostile Territory13. Juries in Film and Television14. Lawyers and Courts in French Popular Culture15. Miscarriages of Justice16. Military Justice in Film 17. Nazi Justice in Popular Legal Culture 18. Prison Life and Popular Culture19. Representations of Criminal Justice and Its Institutions20. Security and Surveillance in Film21. Solitary Confinement in Popular Culture22. Television Judge Shows23. Terrorism and Counter-terrorism in Popular Culture in the Post-9/11 Context24. The "CSI Effect"25. The Legal System in German Popular Culture26. The Police, Media, and Popular Culture in the USA27. Trials for Genocide and War Crime in Popular Culture Aspects of criminology1. Copycat Crime2. Corpses, Popular Culture, and Forensic Science 3. Crime and Celebrity 4. Crime and Masculinity in Popular Culture5. Crime and Visual Media in Brazil6. Crimesploitation7. Criminal Underworlds8. Cultural Criminology9. Dark Tourism10. Dark Tourism, Penal Landscapes, and Criminological Inquiry11. Feminist Criminology and the Visual 12. Foucault and the Visual Reconstitution of Criminological Knowledge13. Gothic Criminology 14. Green Criminology, Culture, and Cinema15. Ideology in the Crime Genre16. Narrative Criminology: Crime as Produced by and Re-Lived Through Narratives 17. Neighborhood Context and Media Representations of Crime18. Popular Criminology 19. Psychopathy and the Media20. Street Cultures 21. Transgressive Imaginations 22. Visual Criminology23. Visual Representations of Genocide24. Visuality and Criminology 25. White Collar Crime in Popular Culture26. Witnessing and Victimhood27. Wound Culture Offenses1. Abortion in American Film since 20012. Bank Robbery in Popular Culture3. Car Crimes and the Cultural Imagination 4. Clergy Sexual Abuse and the Media5. Drugs and Popular Culture 6. Fakes and Forgeries in Art, and the More Specific Term "Art Fraud": A Criminological Perspective 7. Filicide in Australian Media and Culture 8. Graffiti9. Homicide in Television Drama Series 10. Journalistic Depictions of Violence against Women in India11. Journalistic Depictions of Violence against Women in Mexico12. Media Representations of Domestic Violence13. Moral Regulation and Media Representations of the Female Body14. Offensive Language Crimes in Law, Media, and Popular Culture15. Organized Child Sexual Abuse in the Media16. Pornification and the Mainstreaming of Sex 17. Pussy Riot and the Politics of Resistance in Contemporary Russia18. Representations of Public Sex in Crime, Media, and Popular Culture19. Resistance in Popular Culture20. School Shootings in the Media21. Serial Killing and Representation22. Sex Crime and the Media 23. Sexting24. Social Media, Vigilantism, and Indigenous People in Australia 25. The Criminalization of Homosexuality in Popular Cinema 26. The Cultural Politics of Indigenous Struggles and Aboriginal Riots27. The Global Traffic in Looted Cultural Objects Mediums1. A Critical Introduction to Arts Behind Bars2. Big Data and Visuality3. Content Analysis in the Study of Crime, Media, and Popular Culture4. Crime Dramas as Social Science Fiction 5. Crime Fiction6. Crime Films7. Crime News in Newspapers8. Crime News on TV9. Crime, Justice, and Anglo-American Comics 10. Cultural Studies Approaches to the Study of Crime in Film and on Television 11. Cultural Studies Approaches to the Study of Crime in Literature12. Documentaries about Crime and Criminal Justice13. Experimental Design in the Study of Crime, Media, and Popular Culture14. Feminist Themes in Television Crime Dramas 15. Film Noir16. Methodological Approaches to Studying Crime and Popular Culture in New Media17. News Media and African Genocide18. Nordic Noir19. Online Crime 20. Police Dramas on Television21. Reality TV Crime Programs22. Spatialization and Carceral Geographies23. Sports Crime and Popular Culture24. Survey Research and the Study of Crime, Media, and Popular Culture25. Video Gaming, Crime, and Popular Culture26. Violence, Media Effects, and Criminology

Nicole Rafter was Professor Emerita in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northeastern University, where she taught since 1977. She wrote five monographs: Partial Justice: Women, State Prisons, and Social Control; Creating Born Criminals; Shots in the Mirror: Crime Films and Society; The Criminal Brain; and (with M. Brown) Criminology Goes to the Movies. In addition, she published nine other books, including translations (with Mary Gibson) of the major criminological works of Cesare Lombroso, and published over fifty journal articles and chapters. In 2009 she received the American Society of Criminology's Sutherland Award; other honors include a Fulbright Fellowship and several fellowships to Oxford University.Michelle Brown is associate professor of Sociology at the University of Tennessee. Her research explores carceral studies, visual criminology, and law and society. She is the author of The Culture of Punishment (NYUP, 2009), co-author of Criminology Goes to the Movies (with Nicole Rafter; NYUP, 2011), and co-editor of Media Representations of September 11 (Praeger, 2003). She is currently co-editing the Sage journal Crime Media Culture, The Routledge International Handbook of Visual Criminology (2017); and the Palgrave MacMillan Crime, Media and Culture Book Series. Her next book examines alternative forms of justice in response to the rise of the carceral state.

• Historical1. The Cultural Afterlife of Criminal Evidence2. Cultural Representations of 19th-Century Prostitution 3. Cultural Representations of Torture4. Folk Devils and Folk Heroes: the Janus face of the robber in popular culture5. Framing Terrorism 6. Gangsters and Genre 7. Historical Approaches to the Study of Crime, Media, and Popular Culture8. Historical Representations of Crime and the Criminal 9. Infanticide in 19th-century England10. Moral Panics 11. Music of the 1960s and Social Justice: Masterpieces of American Protest Songs and Why They Matter in the Trump Era 12. Organized Crime Mythologies13. The (In)visibility of Race in 20th-Century Crime Films14. True Crime Reporting in Early Modern England15. Vengeance in Popular Culture Aspects of the criminal justice system1. A Genre Study of Prosecutors and Criminal Defense Lawyers in American Movies and Television 2. American Lawyer and Courtroom Comedies3. American Trial Films and the Popular Culture of Law 4. Biplanes, Satellites, and Drones: A High Resolution History of Eyes in the Sky 5. Capital Punishment, Closure, and Media 6. Culture of Punishment in the USA7. False Confessions in Popular Culture8. Feminist Perspectives on Criminal Justice in Popular Culture 9. Guilt or Innocence: Lessons About the Legal Process in American Courtroom Films10. Human Trafficking and the Media in the United States11. Images of Alternative Justice 12. Politics of Vision in the Carceral State: Legibility and Looking in Hostile Territory13. Juries in Film and Television14. Lawyers and Courts in French Popular Culture15. Miscarriages of Justice16. Military Justice in Film 17. Nazi Justice in Popular Legal Culture 18. Prison Life and Popular Culture19. Representations of Criminal Justice and Its Institutions20. Security and Surveillance in Film21. Solitary Confinement in Popular Culture22. Television Judge Shows23. Terrorism and Counter-terrorism in Popular Culture in the Post-9/11 Context24. The "CSI Effect"25. The Legal System in German Popular Culture26. The Police, Media, and Popular Culture in the USA27. Trials for Genocide and War Crime in Popular Culture Aspects of criminology1. Copycat Crime2. Corpses, Popular Culture, and Forensic Science 3. Crime and Celebrity 4. Crime and Masculinity in Popular Culture5. Crime and Visual Media in Brazil6. Crimesploitation7. Criminal Underworlds8. Cultural Criminology9. Dark Tourism10. Dark Tourism, Penal Landscapes, and Criminological Inquiry11. Feminist Criminology and the Visual 12. Foucault and the Visual Reconstitution of Criminological Knowledge13. Gothic Criminology 14. Green Criminology, Culture, and Cinema15. Ideology in the Crime Genre16. Narrative Criminology: Crime as Produced by and Re-Lived Through Narratives 17. Neighborhood Context and Media Representations of Crime18. Popular Criminology 19. Psychopathy and the Media20. Street Cultures 21. Transgressive Imaginations 22. Visual Criminology23. Visual Representations of Genocide24. Visuality and Criminology 25. White Collar Crime in Popular Culture26. Witnessing and Victimhood27. Wound Culture Offenses1. Abortion in American Film since 20012. Bank Robbery in Popular Culture3. Car Crimes and the Cultural Imagination 4. Clergy Sexual Abuse and the Media5. Drugs and Popular Culture 6. Fakes and Forgeries in Art, and the More Specific Term "Art Fraud": A Criminological Perspective 7. Filicide in Australian Media and Culture 8. Graffiti9. Homicide in Television Drama Series 10. Journalistic Depictions of Violence against Women in India11. Journalistic Depictions of Violence against Women in Mexico12. Media Representations of Domestic Violence13. Moral Regulation and Media Representations of the Female Body14. Offensive Language Crimes in Law, Media, and Popular Culture15. Organized Child Sexual Abuse in the Media16. Pornification and the Mainstreaming of Sex 17. Pussy Riot and the Politics of Resistance in Contemporary Russia18. Representations of Public Sex in Crime, Media, and Popular Culture19. Resistance in Popular Culture20. School Shootings in the Media21. Serial Killing and Representation22. Sex Crime and the Media 23. Sexting24. Social Media, Vigilantism, and Indigenous People in Australia 25. The Criminalization of Homosexuality in Popular Cinema 26. The Cultural Politics of Indigenous Struggles and Aboriginal Riots27. The Global Traffic in Looted Cultural Objects Mediums1. A Critical Introduction to Arts Behind Bars2. Big Data and Visuality3. Content Analysis in the Study of Crime, Media, and Popular Culture4. Crime Dramas as Social Science Fiction 5. Crime Fiction6. Crime Films7. Crime News in Newspapers8. Crime News on TV9. Crime, Justice, and Anglo-American Comics 10. Cultural Studies Approaches to the Study of Crime in Film and on Television 11. Cultural Studies Approaches to the Study of Crime in Literature12. Documentaries about Crime and Criminal Justice13. Experimental Design in the Study of Crime, Media, and Popular Culture14. Feminist Themes in Television Crime Dramas 15. Film Noir16. Methodological Approaches to Studying Crime and Popular Culture in New Media17. News Media and African Genocide18. Nordic Noir19. Online Crime 20. Police Dramas on Television21. Reality TV Crime Programs22. Spatialization and Carceral Geographies23. Sports Crime and Popular Culture24. Survey Research and the Study of Crime, Media, and Popular Culture25. Video Gaming, Crime, and Popular Culture26. Violence, Media Effects, and Criminology

Nicole Rafter was Professor Emerita in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northeastern University, where she taught since 1977. She wrote five monographs: Partial Justice: Women, State Prisons, and Social Control; Creating Born Criminals; Shots in the Mirror: Crime Films and Society; The Criminal Brain; and (with M. Brown) Criminology Goes to the Movies. In addition, she published nine other books, including translations (with Mary Gibson) of the major criminological works of Cesare Lombroso, and published over fifty journal articles and chapters. In 2009 she received the American Society of Criminology's Sutherland Award; other honors include a Fulbright Fellowship and several fellowships to Oxford University.Michelle Brown is associate professor of Sociology at the University of Tennessee. Her research explores carceral studies, visual criminology, and law and society. She is the author of The Culture of Punishment (NYUP, 2009), co-author of Criminology Goes to the Movies (with Nicole Rafter; NYUP, 2011), and co-editor of Media Representations of September 11 (Praeger, 2003). She is currently co-editing the Sage journal Crime Media Culture, The Routledge International Handbook of Visual Criminology (2017); and the Palgrave MacMillan Crime, Media and Culture Book Series. Her next book examines alternative forms of justice in response to the rise of the carceral state.

• Historical1. The Cultural Afterlife of Criminal Evidence2. Cultural Representations of 19th-Century Prostitution 3. Cultural Representations of Torture4. Folk Devils and Folk Heroes: the Janus face of the robber in popular culture5. Framing Terrorism 6. Gangsters and Genre 7. Historical Approaches to the Study of Crime, Media, and Popular Culture8. Historical Representations of Crime and the Criminal 9. Infanticide in 19th-century England10. Moral Panics 11. Music of the 1960s and Social Justice: Masterpieces of American Protest Songs and Why They Matter in the Trump Era 12. Organized Crime Mythologies13. The (In)visibility of Race in 20th-Century Crime Films14. True Crime Reporting in Early Modern England15. Vengeance in Popular Culture Aspects of the criminal justice system1. A Genre Study of Prosecutors and Criminal Defense Lawyers in American Movies and Television 2. American Lawyer and Courtroom Comedies3. American Trial Films and the Popular Culture of Law 4. Biplanes, Satellites, and Drones: A High Resolution History of Eyes in the Sky 5. Capital Punishment, Closure, and Media 6. Culture of Punishment in the USA7. False Confessions in Popular Culture8. Feminist Perspectives on Criminal Justice in Popular Culture 9. Guilt or Innocence: Lessons About the Legal Process in American Courtroom Films10. Human Trafficking and the Media in the United States11. Images of Alternative Justice 12. Politics of Vision in the Carceral State: Legibility and Looking in Hostile Territory13. Juries in Film and Television14. Lawyers and Courts in French Popular Culture15. Miscarriages of Justice16. Military Justice in Film 17. Nazi Justice in Popular Legal Culture 18. Prison Life and Popular Culture19. Representations of Criminal Justice and Its Institutions20. Security and Surveillance in Film21. Solitary Confinement in Popular Culture22. Television Judge Shows23. Terrorism and Counter-terrorism in Popular Culture in the Post-9/11 Context24. The "CSI Effect"25. The Legal System in German Popular Culture26. The Police, Media, and Popular Culture in the USA27. Trials for Genocide and War Crime in Popular Culture Aspects of criminology1. Copycat Crime2. Corpses, Popular Culture, and Forensic Science 3. Crime and Celebrity 4. Crime and Masculinity in Popular Culture5. Crime and Visual Media in Brazil6. Crimesploitation7. Criminal Underworlds8. Cultural Criminology9. Dark Tourism10. Dark Tourism, Penal Landscapes, and Criminological Inquiry11. Feminist Criminology and the Visual 12. Foucault and the Visual Reconstitution of Criminological Knowledge13. Gothic Criminology 14. Green Criminology, Culture, and Cinema15. Ideology in the Crime Genre16. Narrative Criminology: Crime as Produced by and Re-Lived Through Narratives 17. Neighborhood Context and Media Representations of Crime18. Popular Criminology 19. Psychopathy and the Media20. Street Cultures 21. Transgressive Imaginations 22. Visual Criminology23. Visual Representations of Genocide24. Visuality and Criminology 25. White Collar Crime in Popular Culture26. Witnessing and Victimhood27. Wound Culture Offenses1. Abortion in American Film since 20012. Bank Robbery in Popular Culture3. Car Crimes and the Cultural Imagination 4. Clergy Sexual Abuse and the Media5. Drugs and Popular Culture 6. Fakes and Forgeries in Art, and the More Specific Term "Art Fraud": A Criminological Perspective 7. Filicide in Australian Media and Culture 8. Graffiti9. Homicide in Television Drama Series 10. Journalistic Depictions of Violence against Women in India11. Journalistic Depictions of Violence against Women in Mexico12. Media Representations of Domestic Violence13. Moral Regulation and Media Representations of the Female Body14. Offensive Language Crimes in Law, Media, and Popular Culture15. Organized Child Sexual Abuse in the Media16. Pornification and the Mainstreaming of Sex 17. Pussy Riot and the Politics of Resistance in Contemporary Russia18. Representations of Public Sex in Crime, Media, and Popular Culture19. Resistance in Popular Culture20. School Shootings in the Media21. Serial Killing and Representation22. Sex Crime and the Media 23. Sexting24. Social Media, Vigilantism, and Indigenous People in Australia 25. The Criminalization of Homosexuality in Popular Cinema 26. The Cultural Politics of Indigenous Struggles and Aboriginal Riots27. The Global Traffic in Looted Cultural Objects Mediums1. A Critical Introduction to Arts Behind Bars2. Big Data and Visuality3. Content Analysis in the Study of Crime, Media, and Popular Culture4. Crime Dramas as Social Science Fiction 5. Crime Fiction6. Crime Films7. Crime News in Newspapers8. Crime News on TV9. Crime, Justice, and Anglo-American Comics 10. Cultural Studies Approaches to the Study of Crime in Film and on Television 11. Cultural Studies Approaches to the Study of Crime in Literature12. Documentaries about Crime and Criminal Justice13. Experimental Design in the Study of Crime, Media, and Popular Culture14. Feminist Themes in Television Crime Dramas 15. Film Noir16. Methodological Approaches to Studying Crime and Popular Culture in New Media17. News Media and African Genocide18. Nordic Noir19. Online Crime 20. Police Dramas on Television21. Reality TV Crime Programs22. Spatialization and Carceral Geographies23. Sports Crime and Popular Culture24. Survey Research and the Study of Crime, Media, and Popular Culture25. Video Gaming, Crime, and Popular Culture26. Violence, Media Effects, and Criminology