In CJ 302, we recently talked about what is cultural criminology. It is basically the collective meaning of norms, art, and entertainment with interation with crime. We, as a society, are obessed with crime so we continue to make different forms of it in order to create entertainment for ourselves
Year: 2012
Murder has been used as plot in a story for centuries.. “Cirmesploitation”?
Many people believe that graffiti is a crime but always seem to miss the beauty and messages that come with it. A lot of graffiti is created by someone with a artistic mind that can only fit their thoughts on a huge wall like this picture. this is located on
Arthur Fellig, better known as Weegee, was a photographer and photojournalist in 1930s and 40s New York. He documented crime scenes, gangster arrests, and the crowd’s reactions to crimes almost in a glorified fashion. He published a photography book, as well as created an art exhibit of his grisly photography
Hollywood movies such as Ocean’s Eleven, Catch Me If You Can, and The Godfather glorify crime and criminal behavior. In Ocean’s Eleven, a group of thieves rob a casino. The art of movie making has become increasingly interested in turning criminal behavior from socially unacceptable to socially desirable. In these
When many people envision an urban landscape they see opportunity, adventure and excitement. Street artists on the other hand see a blank canvas in which they can visually express their individual ideals. Although critics view the median of this art form illegal and consider it as vandalism or graffiti, can
Exit Through the Gift Shop is a 2010 documentary that explores the inside story of street art. A French shop keeper turned hopeful film-maker ventures out to capture some of the world’s most infamous graffiti artists in action. His main goal is to find Banksy (an alias name), an artist
Often our society views hip-hop as a negative form of art and can lead to crime just by listening to it. In the song “Criminal” by Eminem, he talks about how society and the media portrays him as a criminal just because he has edgy and controversial lyrics in his
Exploitation of crime for our entertainment is a now an everyday phenomenon in our society. We throughly enjoy watching people commit crime as long as its at their own expense. It’s exciting, fun and amusing. Although the public disapproves of crime mass media constantly glorifies the criminal actions. For example
In the 1968 movie Bullet, Steve McQueen plays a police detective working on solving a case. In the movie is this epic car chase. This car chase has been known as the best car chase scene in any movie ever, and it is still consistently voted in the top. The