Watching the Cops

Marcus K. Harmes is a professor at the University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia. He researches on British popular culture especially science fiction and horror. The late Barbara Harmes was an academic at the University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia. Her research focused on English literature and higher education. Meredith A. Harmes teaches at the University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia and has a research background in political science and British political history.

• Table of ContentsIntroduction: Past and Future Visions of PolicingMeredith A. Harmes, Marcus K. Harmes, and Barbara Harmes“Scotland Yard will never catch him”: Victorian Detectives on TelevisionBarbara Harmes, Marcus K. Harmes, and Meredith HarmesHercule Poirot versus the Police: Detecting The ABC MurdersMark AldridgeInterrogating Representations of Criminal Justice Policy and Procedure in Netflix’s Criminal: UK / Germany / France / SpainBen Lamb“Blonde angels and damsels in distress”: Death Aesthetics and Racial Hierarchies in the American Police ProceduralMalinda HackettEvil Cops: Two Supernatural Procedurals Take on Police BrutalityLynn Kozak“A man must have a code”: Good ­Po-Lice and Representations of Masculinity in HBO’s The WireKyle BarrettCops, Live PD, and the Problem with ­Post–BLM Reality TV PolicingAaron Duplantier“A traffic stop gone wrong”: Cartesian Police Violence Representation in The Hate U Give (2018)Hilde van der Wal“What you gonna do when they come for you?”: Cops and the Urgency of Black Flight in Antoinette Nwandu’s Pass OverCornelius FortuneExceptional Breeding: The Serial Killer Births the MindhunterMichele Byers and Rachael CollinsMindhunter versus Criminal Minds: Degrees of Procedurality, Todorov, and ComplexElly TemelcosFemale Sleuths and Postfeminism in Modern American Crime Shows: Bones and CastleLindsay HelwigGender (In)equality in Recent Cuban Police Dramas: Tras la huella, Patrulla 444, and Unidad Nacional OperativaCarlos UxoPembleton versus Holt: Policing While Black in Homicide and Brooklyn ­Nine-NineErin GianniniBrooklyn ­Nine-Nine: The Procedural Comedy After the 2020 Black Lives Matter MovementHannah SpruceMore Than Colleagues, Less Than Human: Implications of Anthropomorphic PolicingMarcus K. Harmes, Meredith A. Harmes, and Barbara HarmesDon’t Stand So Close to Me (Because I’ll Be Watching Every Breath You Take): Robotic Police and Digital Surveillance in the 21st CenturyDavid Riddle WatsonFuture Visions of PolicingMarcus K. Harmes, Meredith A. Harmes, and Barbara HarmesConclusionMarcus K. Harmes, Meredith A. Harmes, and Barbara HarmesAbout the ContributorsIndex