Cultural criminology and kryptonite: Apocalyptic and retributive constructions of crime and justice in comic books

Crime, Media, Culture

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 304-331

  Phillips, Nickie D ^a   Strobl, Staci ^b  

^a St Francis College   (United States)

^b JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apocalypticism; Comic books; Crime; Cultural criminology; Justice; Retribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 61149376931     PISSN: 17416590     EISSN: 17416604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1741659006069573     Document Type: Article

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