Crime Scenes - Forensics and Aesthetics

Informationen zum Autor Rebecca  Scott Bray is a Lecturer in Socio-Legal Studies at the University of Sydney. Klappentext Focusing upon the representations that take place in law, forensic medicine, criminology and culture, Crime Scenes examines the ways in which knowledge about crime, death and the dead body is produced. The formal 'forensic' image, it is argued, is a site of conjecture. Zusammenfassung Focusing upon the representations that take place in law, forensic medicine, criminology and culture, Crime Scenes examines the ways in which knowledge about crime, death and the dead body is produced. The formal ‘forensic’ image, it is argued, is a site of conjecture. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. A History of Law's Life with the Corpse 3. Picturing Crime and Police Photography: In Love with Law's Images 4. Truancy: The Cultural Life of Legal Pictures 5. Letters from the Dead House: Forensic Pathology and the Mortuary 6. The Trouble with Testimony 7. Law's Lacunae 8. The Aesthetic Life of Law's Corpses 9. Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Rebe Scott Bray, Rebecca Scott Bray, Bernard Scott, Rebecca Scott Bray, Rebecca (University of Sydney Scott Bray
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 05.01.2026
• EAN: 9780415483902
• ISBN: 978-0-415-48390-2
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Discourses of Law
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Sociology, Cultural Studies, LAW / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, LAW / Criminal Procedure, PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, Philosophy: aesthetics, Legal aspects of criminology, Social Law, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Criminology: legal aspects, Social law and Medical law