Video Games, Crime, and Control: Getting Played (Routledge Studies in Crime, Culture and Media)

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Synopsis
Discussing the state of play in contemporary popular culture, specifically the role of crime and crime control in the video game medium, this book discusses the criminological importance of video games.Pulling together an international group of scholars from Brazil, Canada, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States, this edited volume analyzes a wide range of noteworthy video games, including Bioshock, Death Stranding, Diablo 2, Beat Cop, The Last of Us, Disco Elysium, Red Dead Redemption, P.T., Spider-Man, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, and Grand Theft Auto. The book thus seeks to advance dialog on video games as important cultural artifacts containing significant insights regarding dominant perceptions, interests, anxieties, contradictions, and other matters of criminological interest.Covering policing, vigilantism, different forms of violence, genocide, mental illness, and criminological theory, Video Games, Crime, and Control will be of great interest to students and scholars of Criminology, Media Studies, and Sociology, specifically those focusing on Game Studies and Cultural Criminology.
Copyright:
2025

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9781040087633
Related ISBNs:
9781032388038, 9781003346869, 9781032388090, 9781040087602
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
selection and editorial matter, Kevin F. Steinmetz and Jonathan A. Grubb
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Computers and Internet, Social Studies
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Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Kevin F. Steinmetz
Edited by:
Jonathan A. Grubb

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