{"product_id":"what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-crime-9781912559534","title":"What We Talk about When We Talk about Crime","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jennifer Fleetwood\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Notting Hill Editions\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Notting Hill Editions\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Historical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn examination of the increasingly public nature of crime and confession--from live-streamed offenses to Prince Andrew's \u003ci\u003eNewsnight\u003c\/i\u003e interview--by a noted writer \u0026amp; lecturer in criminology.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Over the past few decades, there has been a remarkable rise in the number of people who speak publicly about their experience of crime. These personal accounts used to be confined to private or professional settings--the police station, the courtroom, a helpline or in a counselor's office--but today bookshops heave with autobiographies by prisoners, criminals, police, and lawyers; streaming platforms like Netflix and YouTube host hours of interviews with serial killers, death row residents, vigilantes, and gang members; true-crime podcasts like \u003ci\u003eCriminal\u003c\/i\u003e often feature episodes focusing entirely on one person's narrative; and some offenders even live-stream their crimes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this fascinating new book, British criminologist Jennifer Fleetwood compellingly examines seven high-profile \"crimes\" which are known to us via a public, first-person account to try to make sense of the social, political, and cultural consequences that this confessional impulse has on our lives. From Howard Marks's autobiography \u003ci\u003eMr. Nice\u003c\/i\u003e to Shamima Begum's 2019 \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e interview; from the documentary \u003ci\u003eThe Real Mo Farah\u003c\/i\u003e to Prince Andrew's disastrous \u003ci\u003eNewsnight\u003c\/i\u003e interview; from Chanel Miller's victim impact statement to episodes of \u003ci\u003eCriminal\u003c\/i\u003e and Myra Hindley's prison letters, Fleetwood invites us to think differently about the abundance of personal stories about crime that circulate in public life.","brand":"Notting Hill Editions","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45044844920983,"sku":"9781912559534","price":1153.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781912559534.webp?v=1769215609","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-crime-9781912559534","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}