Captive Images

<p><em>Captive Images</em> examines the law’s treatment of photographic evidence and uses it to investigate the relationship between law image and fantasy. Based around the scholarly examination of a bank robbery in which a surveillance camera captures the robbery in progress Katherine Biber draws upon critical writing from psychoanalysis postcolonialism art law literature and feminism to 'read' this crime its texts and its images.</p><p>The result is an interdisciplinary study of crime that unfolds a compelling narrative about race relations national identity and fear. </p><p>This book is an essential read for all levels of law students studying or interested in law criminology and cultural studies.</p>