Forshaw, Barry.

British crime film : subverting the social order / Barry Forshaw. - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire [UK] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. - v, 248 p. ; 23 cm. - Crime files series. . - Crime files series. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

social history of the crime film -- The age of austerity: post-war crime films -- Class and crime: social divisions -- Between Left and Right: politics and individuals -- Heritage Britain -- Shame of a nation: juvenile delinquents and exploitation -- The new violence: the loss of innocence -- Scourging the unacceptable: censorship battles -- Metropolitan murder: London -- The regions -- Breaking taboos: sex and the crime film -- Corporate crime: curtains for the maverick -- Mockney menace: the new wave -- The age of acquisition: new crime -- 21st century hybrids -- Appendix 1. The directors: makers of key crime films -- Appendix 2. TV crime -- Appendix 3. Crime and espionage -- Appendix 4. Films, TV and books -- Index.

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Crime films--History and criticism.--Great Britain
Motion pictures--Social aspects--Great Britain.