’Con me if you can’: Exploring crime in the American cinematic imagination

Theoretical Criminology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 97-117

  Tzanelli, Rodanthi ^a   Yar, Majid ^a   O’brien, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

confidence crime; film; gender; representation; youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 12344313505     PISSN: 13624806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362480605048945     Document Type: Article

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