Movies in the classroom: Popular images of criminal justice,criminology, and the law |
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| Authors: | Kathy Lynn Cook Hunter Bacot |
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| Institution: | University of Southwestern Louisiana |
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| Abstract: | Courses that pique students' interest, promote discussion and participation, and contribute to their college learning experience are becoming increasingly rare. “Justice Issues and the Media” accomplishes these goals and is a pleasure to prepare and teach. This course links movies, a familiar aspect of American culture, with their substantive contribution to citizens' attitudes and stereotypes about the criminal justice system, criminology, and the law. We make recommendations and issue several cautions, which we hope will lead to the development and offering of this course at other universities. |
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