{"product_id":"what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-crime-9781912559534","title":"What We Talk about When We Talk about Crime","description":"\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 \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Fleetwood\u003c\/b\u003e is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Goldsmiths, University of London. Her book \u003ci\u003eDrug Mules: Women in the International Cocaine Trade\u003c\/i\u003e won the British Society of Criminology best book award in 2015. She has written for \u003ci\u003eVice\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eConversation, \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Notting Hill Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50900253016338,"sku":"9781912559534","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f1e6e593-3527-4fcb-8728-a3cb65a23e1a.jpg?v=1738377190","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-crime-9781912559534","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}