British crime film : subverting the social order - Forshaw, Barry (Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire [UK] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Crime films -- Great Britain -- History and criticism; Motion pictures -- Social aspects -- Great Britain